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Since the purpose of a teach-in is to present various speakers' views, I thought it significant that only one speaker admitted to accepting SJP's invitation. Additionally, Cox implied-as did several other administration people-that a dearth of adequate speakers was the primary issue involved in your cancellation...
...quotes Chairman Daniel Bell's advice to "think wild." Then he shows how little wild thinking anybody dared to do, even Doomsday Prophet Herman Kahn, who came equipped with statistics, charts and projections. "What is surprising about Kahn's world view," comments Thompson, "is its utter dearth of imagination...
...English are old hands at draft evasion, what with the dearth of central heating. But it's harder with your clothes off. The London cast of Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta! got so cold standing, sitting and walking around onstage in the nude or near-nude that they threatened to get dressed. "If they do it," said Theater Owner Paul Raymond, "I'll ring down the curtain and give everybody their money back." But eventually he did turn the heating on earlier than usual; and stepped up the under-the-floor calorie content. "It's made...
Strange References. To some Western officials, the dearth of diatribe was in itself a hopeful sign. They noted that Moscow and Cairo did not come right out and reject the Rogers proposals, which include a 90-day ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories and Arab acceptance of Israel's right to exist within recognized borders. There were rumors, in fact, that the Soviets had stressed the importance of a political solution, and had actually prevailed on Nasser to accept the essence of the Rogers proposals-a ceasefire and negotiations. The Israelis, however, saw no evidence that Nasser had experienced...
Though South Viet Nam's National Assembly has occupied Saigon's neo-Romanesque Opera House for more than two years, the old building has not suffered from a dearth of drama. Most recently it has been the principal site of President Nguyen Van Thieu's bareknuckle campaign to silence his opposition in the Assembly. Last week the performance reached a climax...