Word: game
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ADAPTATION-NEXT is an evening of two humorous one-acters directed by Satirist Elaine May with a crisp and zany comic flair. Miss May's own play, Adaptation, is the game of life staged like a TV contest. Next, by Terrence McNally, features an enormously resourceful performance...
NONFICTION 1. The 900 Days, Salisbury (1) 2. The Money Game,'Adam Smith'(2) 3. The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, Goldman (4) 4. Thirteen Days, Kennedy (9) 5. Miss Craig's 21-Day Shape-Up Program for Men and Women, Craig (3) 6. The Arms of Krupp, Manchester (8) 7. Instant Replay, Kramer (5) 8. The Trouble with Lawyers, Bloom 9. The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Bishop (7) 10. The Intimate Enemy, Bach and Wyden...
...told the Gridiron Club dinner that Nixon had urged him to get on TV interview shows, and had the White House staff schedule appearances. Said Agnew: "I'll be on Meet the Press, opposite the Army-Navy game; on Face the Nation opposite General de Gaulle's arrival at the White House; and on Issues and Answers opposite live coverage of Julie and David's surprise party for Ted Kennedy - at the ranch." But Nix on also promised him, he said, "that when he's ready to recognize Red China, he'll let me announce...
...gonna do next." The tangled syntax sounded almost like Casey Stengel winding up for one of his all-out assaults on sports writers. Not so. Old Case has some formidable competition these days from fabled Negro Pitcher Leroy ("Satchel") Paige, 60, or thereabouts, and still in the game with the Atlanta Braves. In fact, as he listened to himself, Satchel thought he saw a whole new career. "Man, maybe I'll take to the lecture trail. When you're 6 feet 3½ inches and only weigh 180, you got to eat all that chicken and mashed potatoes...
Hundreds of Quickwits are responding with a cynicism beyond their years. The game, of course, has rules. This year's rage is backyard rocket building, but only fools mention the rockets that blew up, assuming they ever got built. Another gaffe is to boast of having organized a local chapter of the International Flat Earth Society. Stanford rejected one such pre-Columbian after having second thoughts about his intellect. On the other hand, the Stanford authorities suggested the right tone to take when they beamed at a budding scholar who claimed that he had collected and counted...