Word: focused
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Roth is by no means a shoddy craftsman, but he ought not to be read too critically. He communicates indirectly, and if we focus on apparent awkwardness we miss the point. He makes us keep our distance, yet be involves us in his tale more fully that the sharpest plot-maker. The hideous din of a guilty thought, the whirling of noise and action about a point in time, a sense of inexplicable release--all these Roth evokes with mysterious ease. Call It Sleep is a quiet masterpiece that grows in the mind even after one puts it down...
Nonetheless, he is running scared, because Candidate Jinnah has managed to focus every form of discontent in the country. To brake her bandwagon, he abruptly decreed that elections would be held Jan. 2, instead of March, as originally scheduled. Explaining lamely that the situation is "a little tense," the government also rescinded a law specifying that political rallies must be open to the public...
Once the mechanics of Burch's departure are accomplished, the G.O.P. can begin again to focus on the infinitely more meaningful task of finding a man who can reflect the realities of presidential success. One measure of that success, as the last three Presidents of the U.S.-Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson-have shown, is the ability to speak out more or less like a liberal and then, once elected, to act more or less like a conservative. With a leader like that, the Republican Party can once again become strong enough to enter a campaign with confidence...
Thursday, November 26 THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (NBC, 10-11:30 a.m.; CBS, 10 a.m.-12 noon).-NBC color cameras focus on the 38th annual Macy's Parade in Manhattan, featuring twelve marching bands, floats, giant balloons and the Radio City Rockettes, while CBS switches from parade to parade in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Toronto...
...Courage, premiered last week and based on President Kennedy's book, proves to be a bracing antidote to the plethora of two-dimensional teledramas in which tinsel laurels automatically crown the good guy. Adult in theme, effectively written and excellently acted, the series will for 26 weeks focus on characters from American history, many obscure but united by a common bond-their willingness to risk and if necessary sacrifice their careers for their ideals. Happily scheduled for early Sunday evening, a prime kiddy viewing hour, it also packs a grown-up message, articulated by Kennedy himself...