Word: expert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assistant professor of History here, Thomson spent seven years in Washington--as an assistant to Chester Bowles and later as an East Asian expert in the State Department and the White House--trying to wield what influence he could in the formulation of American policies in Asia...
...future should be even more ominous. As Alan Friedberg, Sack's vice-president, film expert, and resident visionary, sees it, "automated theatres, automatic ticket purchasing, and even automated transportation to and from theatres will be introduced. The film patron will have the advantage of knowing that every film being shown has been pretested as to its effect, impact, and pleasurability. There won't be any 'bad' movies. Motion pictures will be fitted to the patron's personality." Perhaps, the Czechs were correct to suggest at Expo '67 that movies could ultimately depend on the audience. For if the audience...
Unfortunately, all this expert attention was about as helpful as pouring a magnum of champagne into a thimble, because most of the hi-fi sound that Cole created for next week's Andy Williams special will be wasted when it is fed through the nation's strictly lo-fi TV sets. The unhappy fact is that, to keep prices competitive, most TV units are equipped with 4-in., $1.50 speakers, which have all the fidelity of a string stretched between two tin cans. Nonetheless, as Cole forever demonstrates in the specials he engineers for such headliners as Williams...
Uncompromising in its vision, totally unfettered in its four-lettered speech, The Boys in the Band is a play that may be repellent to some viewers. Yet it also has an unmistakable dramatic intensity, a human and humorous appeal that surmounts the netherworld of its focus. The cast is expert, and the players interact with such flawless skill, grace and timing that they could declare themselves an ensemble company right now and be ranked with the best...
Technical skill for a major ballet company is just a question of hard work; a consistent, defined style is something else again. The nine-year-old Netherlands Dance Theater, which just finished a two-week Manhattan engagement and is off to another in Mexico City, is not only expert-it is also stylish. The Dutch manner, though, is quite different from the elan and exuberance of U.S. companies. The mood is serious; the movement sober, without the bravura leaps and dashes with which American dancers assault the eyes and the endocrines. The Dutchmen are out to dance-not to dazzle...