Word: fends
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also a play of love and understanding. The characters slip into each other's failings as often as they lash at each other. The harshness is inherent in any four-hour production, but must never drown out O'Neill's forgiveness. Ginn has let the forgiveness fend for itself. Even the lighting and makeup are too harsh...
With a doctor beside her to treat possible rattlesnake, tarantula or scorpion bites, Secret Service men and rangers nearby to fend away any stray panthers or bobcats (Big Bend counts 28 species of snakes and 60 different species of animal), Mrs. Johnson hiked up the Lost Mine Trail for a look across the Rio Grande. She ate dinner beside a campfire at sunset, listened to Western songs from local troupes and genuine tall tales by a folklorist imported from the University of. Texas...
...theatre with habits and tastes unlike our own, and its humor can seem obscure and repetitive. The scenes are really tableaux, and a good deal of imaginary action takes place between them. A careless production, one that goes for the big laughs and lets the dialogue fend for itself, would thoroughly confuse everyone...
...would be an enormous $20 billion, much of which would have to come from foreign aid. Until India's parched acres begin to flower, huge shipments of U.S. food-perhaps as much as 15 million tons a year-will be needed to help the subcontinent's masses fend off starvation. Indians should also be educated to eat new foods, of course, but the education must be gradual. The problem is not just one of stubbornness: doctors know that a hunger-weakened stomach often simply refuses to accept unfamiliar food...
...Incentive. Quality reform in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland has begun to improve many goods. Managers have been ordered to produce goods that the domestic market needs and foreigners will buy. Some Czech factories had their state subsidies slashed and were told to fend for themselves in the market-either to make a profit or face bankruptcy. The Eastern bloc is aware that it will have to continue improving quality if it hopes to increase its trade with the West but finds it difficult to give incentive and motivation to workers in socialized industries. No one is better aware...