Word: disarray
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...MOST CONSTRUCTIVE result of the Watergate scandal thus far has been the increasing willingness of Congress to end the continuing criminal bombing the Nixon administration is conducting in Cambodia. Congress evidently emboldened by the disarray in the White House, is moving to cut off funds for the continuing aerial onslaught...
Thus: The Farmer's Daughter, dressed in high boots and her father's vest, in the proper state of disarray to be almost permanently endearing. The same smile which brought us drinks with a charm that consistently mixed up recipient and drink, eased her out of ugly confrontations with hard core drunks. She contrasted with Wheels' essential inaccessibility. The stuff dreams are made of. An imagined conquest. We talked to The Farmer's Daughter. She talked back...
...ramshackle stage is enough to erase any slick overtones from the beginning, and here it is used to the best advantage by Dave Fuller's manic sets. Murray's apartment has the disarray of a closet overflowing with athletic equipment. The occupant of this holocaust is played by Bill Schley, who coaxed his Murray from a slow start into a performance of unassuming ease: this is fitting in a character that can tend to brash self-righteousness. Walter Murphy, a fifteen-year-old from an acting program at Phillips Brooks House, plays Nick (who, at Murray's urging, calls himself...
...biggest mistake many of Dunlop's adversaries made was not to take him seriously. He took over a splintered Faculty in 1970 and in the next several years skillfully knit the deeply-rooted divisions back together, sending independent-minded reformers either into disarray or scurrying for the center. By the end of his term, he had elicited a measure of respect from all segments of a Faculty that had deeply distrusted his predecessor, Franklin L. Ford. He restored a certain reverence for his office that had been absent for some time. Even his opponents on the Faculty capitulated...
Last week's violence demonstrated to what extent the balance of extremist power has shifted in recent months. The British army's tough campaign against the I.R.A. has left the organization vulnerable and in disarray. Says one British army officer: "We are on top of them to the point where if they leave their house with a rifle in their hands and turn the corner, they run into us." The I.R.A. also seems to be running short on promising recruits. "We aren't picking up gunmen any more," says the same officer. "We are getting gunboys. They...