Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wise for the University to provide a reasoned reaction of its own to civil disobedience. Its alternative is to forget its own rules, and to rely in the last instance on the Cambridge police. The University tends, as it should, to be far more tolerant of shrill dissent than society at large. Those who wish to defy laws and risk arrest to make their protest heard will not be deprived of the opportunity, either off campus or on. The University will still remain a haven for the freer expression of ideas...
...HALL CONCERT (RCA Victor). John Gary is a nice crooner who nicely sings nice tunes like The Most Beautiful Girl in the World and I'm Sitting on Top of the World. But those fans who hoped to enjoy sweet singing (a commodity that Gary always supplies) should forget this irritating recording. The high-volume static of a noisy audience destroys whatever atmosphere Gary's voice might have created...
...other psychedelic cowboy garb that they sometimes look like three times as many people, Cream go beyond oddness into originality. In a genre that is virtually defined by vocal effects alone, their slashing, blues-steeped sound is mainly instrumental; they even use their voices like instruments. Their motto: "Forget the message, forget the lyrics; just play...
...their faces: they can summon up anxiety, false courage, utter bafflement, and honest fear with a flick of the lip, or a twist of the torso. They give the play's mind a body, and make R. and G. an evening for the playgoer who seeks not to forget but to know himself...
...Communist manner, proceeds to rewrite history. He allows the Biblical Pilate the satisfaction of killing Judas, and the further mercy of believing that the Crucifixion never took place at all. Thus does the Devil bless mankind by giving it a comfortable lie by which to live. The Master can forget his obsession and remains in peace with his beautiful mistress Margarita (who has given up a promising career as a witch for his sake). But Bulgakov makes clear his own belief: Pilate's guilt, an expedient cowardice that allows power to destroy good men, still lies on Russia...