Word: gavin
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...than Stravinsky, who at 84 flew up from Los Angeles to conduct the lyrical fairy tale he composed 50 years ago. In addition, Ross got Saul Steinberg, whose metaphysically satirical cartoons appear in The New Yorker, to design the sets; Actor Basil Rathbone was the narrator, Screen Actor John Gavin the soldier, Ballerina Marina Svetlova the princess, and Dancer Anton Dolin the Devil...
...Hanoi's propaganda mills and inviting him to Saigon-which he has yet to visit. Fulbright, however, seemed fully occupied in Washington with the latest round in the hearings on Viet Nam before his Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The sessions followed a familiar pattern. Retired General James Gavin, who last year urged the U.S. to retreat into coastal enclaves, now urged an unconditional halt to the bombing. Historian Henry Steele Commager accused the U.S. of "a double standard" in demanding an end to North Viet Nam's infiltration while it maintains its own "infiltration" of men and arms...
...last few days some of the most distinguished members of our society have recommended cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam: Professor Henry Steele Commager before the Senate panel on Monday and General James M. Gavin on Tuesday. These are only the two most recent among numerous other appeals by distinguished...
Other members of the advisory council are: James MacGregor Burns, professor of History at Williams College; Dr. Harold Case, President of Boston University; Arthur J. Gartland, President of Action for Boston Development Committee; James Gavin, chairman of Arthur D. Little Co.; Eli Goldsten, president of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates; Dr. Patricia Chairman of the History Department, State College, Lowell Mass...
...theory behind the new approach is that the West Point grad is not intended to be just a platoon leader. "Those we can turn out in 90 days," says retired Lieut. General James Gavin, an academy graduate. In today's Army, the diplomacy, political savvy and staff skills of a career officer may prove as pivotal as his mastery of firepower; needed are not rote answers but a broad background of educational experience. "The fellow who spent his whole career first as a platoon leader, then company commander, then battalion adjutant just doesn't exist any more," explains...