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...production at Lowell House has its moments of interest and even excitement, but is hopeless against the forces of boredom. When Helena moans "O weary night, o long and tedious night," she means...
...women for whom a single encounter with Dr. King has become a landmark in their lives. Had I met him but once, it would have been so for me. But too much should not be inferred from direct contact. He harbored no secrets from his vast congregation of the hopeless. He did not posture for the masses, and all of us saw him change and knew of his anxieties...
...Magazine, as the bimonthly is called, stands, more or less, at the center. It invites contributors, mostly Fellows of the Center, to argue major issues of the day. In a lively exchange on Black Power, for example, Fellow W. H. Ferry maintained that integration in the U.S. is a hopeless dream and separatism is just around the corner. To which another Fellow, John L. Perry, just as exuberantly replied that Black Power may well be the best path to integration. Negroes, said Perry, have come to the realization that they must find their "manhood" in their own community before they...
Somalia not only produces fine leopard skins but the bulk of the world's frankincense and myrrh. That about takes care of its distinctions. Hardly more than a stretch of East African desert, the country is sun-scorched and poor and was, until recently, hopeless as well. At last, though, someone in Somalia has decided to do something about the country's parlous state. Premier Mohammed Ibrahim Egal, 39, who took office only nine months ago, has created the most hopeful atmosphere since Somalia won independence in 1960 simply by facing up to problems that everyone else...
With mounting stridency, the British press has criticized the U.S. role in Viet Nam, portraying it as a misguided effort in a hopeless cause. But there has always been a minority of U.S. supporters, and one of them is Daily Mail Columnist Bernard Levin, an acid-tongued critic of everything from theater to world affairs...