Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill to rechristen it "House Committee on Internal Security" passed the House last week 305 to 79, but only after a motion to abolish the old name weathered a 262 to 123 vote. Richard Ichord (D-Mo.), the new chairman of HUAC (or HISC), had little reason to expect such heavy opposition from the liberals. The "un-American" in HUAC's old name had been a fighting word to them, a chauvinist smear. The New Republic, for example, editorialized: "At present a lot of Congressmen vote funds for the committee lest they be called unpatriotic. Drop the scare word...
This is nonsense, of course, but these skeptics just wouldn't accept Miss Rogers' statement that "I am basically honset. . . . So I don't expect any conflict of interest." And, last week, after pressure of the criticism had built to unimpeachable degree, she quit...
...FIRST breath of the play the stained glass windows light up, eerie and striking, their patterns pop, untrite and yet faithful to the spirit of the cathedral and religious scenes that one has come to expect from the medium. The stage is floor level, jutting on three sides into the audience and consisting of szthe skeleton outline of a large ancient building, the Priory Hall. Inside is a table set for dinner. This arrangement provides half the distance of the conventional stage and half the closeness of modern experimental theater, which is appropriate for a play that is largely static...
Conditioned into insecurity as to the validity of our own experience, we want to know what to expect from our art rather than meet the challenge of true expereince. The idea that the creative process is complete within the decisions of the artist is erroneous and contemptible of the viewer. The actuality of a work lies not in the relationships within the work, but in relationships established between it and the viewer...
...Tuesday's Faculty debate on the future of ROTC I was struck by the contrast between the good sense and relevance of the one student spokesman and the rather lengthy digressions of some of my Faculty colleagues. If this is a sample of what we may expect from student participation in our deliberations, I am all for it. Hollis B. Cheney Professor of Economics