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...this is not the only area in which union communications falter to the detriment of their long-range security and their acceptance as a mainstay of our free enterprise economy. At the same time that they repair their relations with their members, unions must do a more consistent job of demonstrating to the public that their goal is to go forward with the total community, and not to win gains at the expense of the community. Nowhere is this task more urgent than in the field of inflation control. Unfortunately, in the minds of many who have been worst...
They made Mrs. Jan Burke's Dedicate the favorite, watched him try to steal the race in the early going, falter and come on again in the last 100 yds. to catch Mrs. E. E. Robbins' Midafternoon by a head. When it was over, even the losers had seen their money's worth-a close and true race that had the first three horses within a yard of a triple dead heat...
...dentist's wife and staffed by eleven housewife "panelists," put out its sixth annual ratings of juvenile TV programs, condemned 31 out of 67 as "objectionable" or "most objectionable." Hopalong Cassidy, said NAFBRAT, is "objectionable because of typical Western crime element." At Captain Midnight, "even the stronghearted falter," and Jungle Jim episodes are a "mixture of kidnaping, torture, unbearable suspense, horrible screams." NAFBRAT also condemned Superman ("Youngsters believe his 'super' talents to be within the realm of possibility. In this lies the danger") and Little Rascals (". . . flaunting their impudent behavior before the helpless adults. Could there...
...Frederick Warriner as Mephistopheles stood out like a sizzling fire cracker. He played a green and sparkling devil of serpentine grace and satanic power. A superb mime, Warriner walked the tightrope of maintaining himself as both a loathsome creature and a dilettante of debonair charm. He did not falter. The quiet, brooding force of Robert Evans acted as a good foil for Mephistopheles, and Evans handled his long monologue in the first act with superb skill. Margaret, as played by Frances Sternhagen, was a triumph of sincerity. The difficulty of the Mephistopheles role is that the devil has a thousand...
Only once does the honesty falter--in the portrayal of evil. The author has drawn the forces of darkness as inherently self-destructive, by nature incapable of exercising their full potential or adequately coping with altruism. While the history of recent totalitarianism affords a limited example of this situation, the attitude seems at times overly optimistic, and the plot structure sometimes strains to justify it. Had Tolkien converted the work into a tragedy, he might well have made his impact even greater. Yet the portrayal of the conflict's complexities, especially the use of evil to a good...