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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Administration expert insists. "Washington has been through this many times before." The American generals in Viet Nam, from U.S. Commander Creighton Abrams on down, sedulously forgo the kind of broad statements that Abrams' predecessor, General William Westmoreland, was wont to make-and still occasionally utters (see TIME Essay, page 26). Westmoreland seriously underestimated the adverse effect of the 1968 Tet offensive, which he called a triumph for the U.S., upon public opinion at home. And there are more substantive reasons for their caution. The progress that they see-in the lowered level of the violence, in pacification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: THE NEW, UNDERGROUND OPTIMISM | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...Presented in an anthology, with a selection from a famous work by Thomas Dc Quincy, the student might find it of little interest. Presented with a set of his complete works in 44 volumes, he might discover, for example, an essay on Judas Iscariot that fascinated him. In the present system of education, it is rare that a student will discover anything...

Author: By Alexander Korns, | Title: In Education: Garbage, Trash, Junk | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...essay, "Towards a Poor Theatre," Grotowski calls for a theatre devoid of theatrical apparatus and full of human contact. That means the replacement of sets, costumes, lighting, and make-up with a total emphasis on "the actor-spectator relationship of perpetual, direct, live' communion." Grotowski wants, of all things, to give the theatrical experience back to the people who are actually in the theatre when the performance takes place-that is, the actors and the audience, period. In such a "Pour Theatre." not only will the designers and stagehands be eliminated, but so will the playwright. Grotowski sees all theatrical...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Theatregoer The Three Sisters at the Loeb through Dec. 13 | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

...Jason McManus assigned the main account of the tragedy to Ed Magnuson, while Peter Stoler and Keith Johnson wrote related stories. Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson and Law Writer Howard Muson dealt with the legal dilemmas involved in bringing the men to trial, and Senior Editor John Elson wrote the Essay on the profound questions of good and evil raised by the tragedy. In addition, Press Writer Ted Bolwell discussed who first broke the story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...Administration's Viet Nam policy, were simply shocked and bewildered at the unfolding story, so alien did it seem to the America they thought they knew (see TIME ESSAY, page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: MY LAI: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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