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Before the takeover of University Hall, Lewis Feuer wrote in The Conflict of Generations: "Harvard through its history underwent cycles of generational insurrection, but that element of the moral de-authoritization of the older generation so essential to the rise of a student movement never emerged." He spoke a moment too soon. It was all coming together: the escalating, attention-getting tactics of the civil rights movement; the new wholesale liberation through the birth-control pill from traditional sexual patterns; and the growth of a hedonistic, re-programming counter-culture among the young...
...People were walking out in droves," recalls Thomas Meehan, who wrote the script. The company began to follow. Director-Lyricist Martin Charnin, part of the team that made Annie a success, was replaced by Cy Feuer, producer of such hits as Guys and Dolls and Can-Can. "There was a confrontation between Liv and me as to how the musical would work," explains Charnin. Cohen and Feuer decided that more excitement was needed. Enter two dancers. They did not fit and were fired. A new choreographer arrived with six more dancers. Rodgers, well known for his speed in composing...
...ELIAS FEUER...
...layer of Soviet leaders?the 150 or so party first secretaries of the regions and republics. More than half of them have no direct experience whatsoever in managing economic enterprises. They generally have spent most of their lives in the party apparatus, which the University of Toronto's Lewis Feuer aptly describes as "the ambitious mediocracy." In party ranks, advancement is awarded most often to the wily and tough, not to the thoughtful or the innovative...
Monosyllable Champion. After Cole Porter, Loesser was probably the greatest American composer-lyricist. They were both superb melodists, but Loesser was not as interested in sophisticated word play as Porter. As his producer, Cy Feuer, recalls, Loesser "was a champion of the one-syllable word." As good proof as any is this line from the title song from Guys and Dolls...