Word: establishing
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With Herman's inability to cope with the property in his music, the duty falls to the authors of the book, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Perhaps failing to see that the songs establish the central character as a nebulous Mame-Dolly figure, they don't make an effort to help their collaborator along. As a result, they do so little that the Madwoman is not fleshed out until the second act. Nor do Lawrence and Lee establish any other character until too late. This is particularly unfortunate in the case of the villains, who are such vague...
Social Remedies. At the same time, the Republicans, even with their man in the White House, still have a long way to go to establish themselves as a strong, full partner in the two-party system. This they failed to do even with the benefit of two Eisenhower landslides in the 1950s. Despite their comeback in the congressional and gubernatorial elections of 1966, despite their gains at the statehouse and Senate levels this year, the Republicans must drive their roots still deeper. And they must do it at a time when the electorate seems more independent than ever...
...number of citizens that he is wholly to be trusted. His narrow victory may complicate the task. "The problem will not be easy," he acknowledged this week. "We are confronted with the generation gap; we are confronted also with a racial gap. But I am going to try to establish communications with every one of the dissenting groups...
...national refusal to entertain the mere possibility of defeat. Why can't the world's mightiest military power vanquish a tiny and underdeveloped Asian state? Why does it suffer a humiliating act of piracy by the North Koreans? Why don't the cops just go in there and re-establish law and order...
Some attending that meeting urged caution. Gerald McWhorter, professor at Fisk, warned that few universities were adequately prepared to establish such courses or departments. McWhorter went on to propose a preliminary foundation-financed study of the problem...