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...evoking this decadence, the Mather House production also succeeds in the more difficult task of depicting the frailty of human bonds in the face of Nazi inhumanity. Lavish and exuberant, this production aims high, and thanks to a strong cast which surmounts some sloppy staging and technical blunders, its grasp almost equals its reach...
...campaigner, he comes across as intelligent, quick and deeply informed, with a good grasp of most issues, though he is weakest on foreign policy. "I've got a lot to learn, and I know it," he repeats to groups of supporters, "but I think I am able to learn from good friends like you." His interests range far beyond politics. He is well read; his favorite authors include James Agee, William Faulkner and Dylan Thomas, though most recently Carter has concentrated on politics, philosophy, history, foreign affairs, taxation policy and the like. His tastes in music range from Dmitri Shostakovich...
...grasp the full impact of state repression on the New Left, it is necessary to place covert actions in the context of overt governmental actions of equally dubious legality, specifically the wave of prosecutions that the Nixon-Mitchell Justice Department trumped up, almost none of which has stood up in court. These trials--The Chicago 8, the Panther 21, the Harrisburg 7, Bobby Seale, and Huey Newton--not only deprived the left of its most capable leaders for crucial periods of time, but forced it to concentrate its energies and funds to obtain their releases. I do not want...
Pipkin said Rosovsky's presence will "speed up the decision-making process" and provide Rosovsky with a "better grasp of the concerns of the students and masters...
...reviewing his life's options with his agent-partner, Garry Walker, and a psychologist, Ron Barnes. Walker hinted at one point that Jackson would not sign until vacationing Oriole Owner Jerry Hoffberger returned from Israel. Oriole General Manager Hank Peters, Jackson seemed to feel, lacked a sophisticated enough grasp of extra-baseball business matters to work out the deal. Oh, that an outfielder should judge a g.m. in such a way! Where will...