Word: harolds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even if he succeeds in becoming a C.O., a man must perform two years of alternative service, usually as a civilian hospital orderly or Army medic. Many unarmed C.O.s have, in fact, served-and died-valiantly as medics. "There are easier ways to beat the draft," laconically notes Harold Sherk, 64, a Mennonite preacher who heads the National Service Board...
Truculent Skipper. The senseless mockery of diplomatic relations brought British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Foreign Secretary George Brown hurrying back to London from vacations. They immediately ordered all Chinese diplomats, journalists and trade representatives in London restricted to a small area in the city's center. The 2,500 Chinese nationals now in Britain were refused exit from the country without specific permission. The Chinese diplomatic radio transmitter was ordered closed down, pending the re-establishment of communications with the British in Peking-and assurance of their safety...
...Guildenstern Are Dead. Another West End import is the adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel about a slightly bonkers Edinburgh schoolmarm, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The title role, perfected by Vanessa Redgrave, now goes to Australian-born Zoe Caldwell. Arriving more belatedly from Britain is Harold Pinter's 1958 "comedy of menace," The Birthday Party...
...price of a plastic disc, one often wonders what peculiar force continues to attract listeners to a concert given by amateurs. The near-capacity crowds at Sanders during the past two Thursday nights suggest however, that Audio-Lab has yet to monopolize the listener's world. Last night Prof. Harold Schmidt of Stanford conducted the Summer School Chorus and Cantabrigia Orchestra in a program that was as varied in quality as it was in repertoire. Realizing that an entire evening of full chorus and orchestra would be a dubious effort on only seven weeks of rehearsal, Schmidt wisely reduced...
...shortcomings aside, people left Sanders convinced that these students liked to make music and that Harold Schmidt liked to conduct...