Word: formations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stop there? Why not produce an historical dramatization with a similar format? Then we could all hear John Wilkes Booth talk on Lincoln, Adolf Hitler talk on Churchill, and Al Capone talk on Ness...
Kennedy's reluctance to debate can be attributed to several major factors. He may be afraid to argue with Lodge and Hughes in a format which precludes delivery of ghost-written orations or which might catch him in a cross-fire between the Republican and Independent candidates. Or, as as aide declared recently, Kennedy may consider the Hughes candidacy "irrelevant...
Atlas presents its samplings from the foreign press in deadly earnest-as the heavy-footed translations often show. It is better to be correct than lively, argue the editors, even at the expense of sometimes being dull. The format is invariable -80 pages, no ads, dark pictures, brisk italic notes before each article to introduce the writer and his paper. Editor Quincy Howe (who moonlights on Atlas from his job as an ABC news analyst) graces each issue with a breezy editorial that stylishly avoids pausing long enough on any subject to say very much about...
...political pondering. Democratic Governor "Pat" Brown decided to accept Republican Dick Nixon's challenge to a statewide TV debate. Since then, their seconds have been haggling bitterly about details. Nixon wanted four debates, Brown only one; they compromised on two, but on nothing else. Brown wants a format similar to that used in the Nixon-Kennedy debates, in which each man spoke for a few minutes, then answered questions put by a panel of newsmen. Nixon wants a straight head-on debate. Brown wants to discuss only California issues; Nixon wants no limitation on subject matter...
...with last week's show. NBC's The Lively Ones had outlived the first blush of its July arrival in such splendid shape that it was clearly more than a child of summertime's special forbearance. With a polished, inventive approach to the musical variety-show format, The Lively Ones is indeed lively and, more than lively, likable...