Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Oilmen now hope that a big new play will develop in some fairly promising areas of Oklahoma, Texas and, most important, the so-called Overthrust Belt in the foothills of the Rockies. Says Joseph Reid, president of The Superior Oil Co.: "The price for new gas and oil is such that people can afford to take more risks and drill deeper than when prices were cheaper. We are drilling in places where we previously would not have drilled. What was uneconomical is now economical...
...these people," says Esquire National Editor Richard Reeves. "They could have landed from Mars." Felker plans to remain in New York City after their landing, but earlier this year he bought an all-advertising throwaway newspaper in California and signed a lucrative deal with 20th Century Fox to develop movie ideas. "In the end I'm going to do something else in journalism," says he. "I'm a journalist...
...lecture entitled, "The Role of the American Intellectual Community in Redefining our National Purpose," Harris, the first black woman every to serve in the U.S. Cabinet, said academic communities must develop new ideas and provide constructive criticism of federal programs...
Heskett says, "I would hate to see a siege mentality develop--right now the only thing we're besieged with is applications." No one--least of all Bok, who praises the Business School throughout his report for its leadership in new fields--is laying siege to the idyllic lawns and halls across the river. But the Business School administrators must not only answer Bok's criticisms with internal discussion and reform, but also try to let the public know they are responding. If they fail to, the public will have nothing to base its opinions on but its suspicions...
...MAIN actors who remain the same characters throughout the show struggle a bit to develop consistently amid the cartoon zaniness of the supporting roles, but for the most part they cope very well. Cornelia Ravenal, as the ever-willing Paquette, bubbles guilelessly along, creating an enjoyable caricature. Stephen Hayes starts a bit shakily as Maximillian, Candide's foppish foster brother, but he becomes more convincing with each episode until he shines in a wonderful passage with the Governor in which he gets sold as a female slave only to have his coconuts exposed at the last minute. Hayes sometimes fails...