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...something about it?" And for one of the stiffest critics in theater, there were "painful consequences" in dealing with people when he tried to put his ideals into action. One consequence was that Brustein has gained a reputation among some people for arrogance. But his colleagues dismiss this, finding him gentlemanly and stimulating. "He's no more arrogant than any other talented person I've ever worked with," says Alvin Epstein...
...been said before. Ford has made great strides before, and Athletic Director John P. Reardon says, "We do not go around and dismiss our coaches right and left," implying Ford will be back next fall...
Spanish officials tended to dismiss the importance of the plot, but there was no question that the government was concerned about the restiveness of the right-as well as by terrorist activity by Basque separatists. Over the past two months, Basque gunmen have killed 23 people, including onetime Franco Judge José Francisco Mateu, 58, who was shot down on a Madrid street. Last week three carloads of terrorists roared up to a police barracks outside Bilbao and machine-gunned 30 men who were playing soccer. Two were killed and eleven wounded...
Devo's critics will try to dismiss the group by attacking the ridiculousness of the de-evolutionary theory on a literal level, or by deriding the simplistic dreariness of the less exciting songs, or by laughing at the group's goggles and goofiness. They'll be the losers, because Devo is a step up, not down, the evolutionary scale--at least as far as rock music is concerned...
...Senate and the Justice Department dismiss this problem. Roger Pauley of the Department of Justice said, "A lot of members of Congress seize on any procedural issue to avoid coming to grips with the code reform issue. It is always rare that a majority or a substantial minority knows what they are voting on." The Post and The Times too editorially censured the House subcommittee for what they saw as an attempt to duck a complicated problem in an election year...