Word: directive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...courses at Harvard now examine a dramatist or a play in contexts other than the dramatic, but Brustein could devise a comprehensive program, to apply these different outlooks to a production while satisfying a student's credit requirements and doubtless making the study far more meaningful. Brustein's direct work with undergraduates could lead to programs that combine drama with other academic disciplines, finding, for example, parallels to the rebellion of the modern dramatists in other fields...
...extraordinary dilemma for Washington if it were pressed to choose sides. Given Jimmy Carter's bold new China policy, the Chinese might hope that he would back them against the Soviets. As it is, in an increasing number of global pressure points, the U.S. finds itself in a direct or implied confrontation with the U.S.S.R...
...most direct East-West confrontation occurred in isolated Berlin, when the Soviets suddenly shut down all roads, rails and waterways in an effort to starve the city into submission. The U.S. and Britain responded with an unprecedented airlift. Bright C-54s and battered C-47s touched down at West Berlin's Tempelhof Airport at a daytime rate of one every three minutes. At its peak, these allies ferried a record of 12,940 tons of fuel and food in one day during what they called "Operation Vittles." After ten months the Soviets opened the ground corridors to the West...
...State Cyrus Vance, "threatens regional peace and stability and violates the fundamental principle of the integrity of international borders." Washington's policy was to play the role of "a discreet referee," said Administration officials; the object was to keep Moscow and Peking from becoming involved in a direct confrontation...
September 1969. Today I met Albie. Albie is the curious fellow who roams Soldiers Field, spouting such phrases as. "Go home, go home, no game today, no game." There is something strangely entertaining about watching Albie direct some crusty alumnus to a proper parking space and watching the alumnus try to reason with him. As I saw Albie for the first time, former baseball coach Loyal Park grabbed my arm and said. "Hey, see that fella over there. That's what happens when you coach here too long." (That's not the only thing that happens...