Word: directing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...originated in Berlin, to the effect that the Russians might withdraw five of their 20 divisions in return for a quid pro quo by the U.S. "Would we be willing to lessen our presence in Europe and perhaps make some changes in NATO?" asked Kennedy. Said McNamara: "The direct answer to your question...
...great deal has been written about one journalist in particular who caught the brunt of Reischauer's "quite direct criticism." It was rumored that the reporter had been fired because of Reischauer's statement, but the ex-Ambassador catagorically denies it. "The reporter had already [before Reischauer's criticism] made arrangements to work elsewhere," Reischauer explains. But in general, Reischauer believes the Japanese press took his criticisms well and have made great progress in presenting a more balanced view of Vietnam over the last year...
Each faction has had its own interests to defend. Rockefeller, facing a rough third-term campaign, cast himself disingenuously in the role of "honest broker," infuriating Lindsay by his lack of direct support. Lindsay's reformist zeal, in turn, only alienated upstate legislators, who instinctively recoiled from the prospect of taxing commuters in order, as they saw it, to finance the city's sacrosanct, heavily subsidized 150 transit fare. The wrangling forced two extensions in the city's deadline for enacting its 1966-67 budget; the second expired last week...
From the start, ASPAC's founders aimed at standing aside from the direct anti-Communist struggle in Asia, even though all its members are nonCommunist. One reason was to ensure participation by the Japanese, who are both dubious about the Viet Nam war and anxious to increase their trade with Red China. Thus at Seoul the final communique last week expressed "sympathy" with South Viet Nam's plight, affirmed the nation's right to freedom "from external aggression and subversion," and "noted with satisfaction" the aid being given by other nations to help Saigon...
This would never do. Paris was the vaunted citadel of artistic adventure, haven for the misunderstood, and all that. So Boulez (rhymes not with hooray but with who says) was lured back on several occasions to direct the French National Orchestra, and was even offered the important post of director of the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. (He turned it down.) In 1963, the Paris Opera gave him a free hand in producing Alban Berg's Wozzeck: he demanded and got an unprecedented 30 rehearsals, and the opera scored a major triumph. In a six-week tour de force in Paris...