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...Ford Foundation grant, Rudel presented a season of no fewer than ten American operas. Three years later, he initiated a program of commissioning U.S. composers. The project has so far produced eight new works, including such well-received productions as Douglas Moore's The Wings of the Dove and Robert Ward's The Crucible. Using enthusiasm to stretch his financial resources, Rudel is able to mount first-rate productions for one-tenth the cost of more elaborate opera companies. His singers represent the finest of the younger U.S. crop; at least 80 have gone on to sing...
...Speaking neither as a "hawk" nor a "dove" but simply as an American, I say that we have a job to do in Viet Nam, and the only way to do it is to get with it! Let us stop diddling around with unilateral and unnecessary concessions to the enemy...
...inquirers divided about evenly along dove-hawk lines, but what struck the Time Inc. contingent was the degree of knowledge, curiosity and realism displayed by the scholars. Said Heiskell: "What a group of bright, articulate youngsters. They could hold their own anywhere in the world...
...section of which was made public last Saturday, that called for immediate negotiations. In addition, Pope Paul's strong urging that the Christmas truce be used as the basis of a permanent cease-fire, along with his extremely vigorous activity in private diplomatic channels, added to the momentum of dove sentiment...
Trying Hard. In an almost impossible situation, Lord Coal is nonetheless trying to do his best. One of the country's most polished performers, he flies around visiting coal mines in a $140,000 DeHaviland Dove plane painted in the blue and white colors of the National Coal Board flag. Robens is persistently optimistic about coal's future, insists that Britain's growth will raise consumption and that modernization will make coal competitive. He is squabbling with the Labor government about next year's coal production, which he believes should be 200 million tons instead...