Word: idea
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CACTUS FLOWER. France's humor, like its wine, travels well, since it is usually about a universal subject, sex. With Abe Burrows at the helm, this farce about a rouéish dentist whose idea of honesty is to tell his mistress he's married when he's not, has made a successful crossing. Lauren Bacall and Barry Nelson are on board...
...Prejudice. Patience and fortitude he has. The department was first proposed in 1961 by John Kennedy, who announced his intention of appointing Weaver to the job. Congress balked twice, partly because it did not like the idea and partly because it was not ready for an integrated Cabinet. Lyndon Johnson finally got the bill through last summer-without saying who would lead the new department-and then gave every indication of not having made up his mind. He signed the bill on Sept. 9, and the department came into being on Nov. 9. While Weaver continued to head the Housing...
President Sukarno last week was in the midst of a ceremony installing the new Indonesian Ambassador to Syria when suddenly another idea hit him. Turning on a small cluster of newsmen at the Merdeka Palace, Sukarno stormed, "I told you before that I would kick out all foreign correspondents who report lies. To hell with your lies! All correspondents...
...condemnations of the Bible or of traditional moral philosophy have come to be considerably toned down. An influential 1963 statement by British Quakers held that "homosexual affection can be as selfless as heterosexual affection" and therefore is not necessarily a sin. A surprising number of Protestant churchmen accept this idea. Most will still assert that homosexuality is an offense against God and man, but usually with qualifications. Says Los Angeles Methodist Bishop Gerald Kennedy: "The Lord made man and woman, and this implies a sexual relationship and sexual harmony which is in the center of nature." He is echoed...
Under the "Redbook system" on which the present program is based, only one lower-level course was supposed to be offered in each area, and all students would be required to take it. But the single-course idea was never put into effect, and as the Gen Ed system has moved away from the concept of providing a "common core" of knowledge all students would share, the number of courses in each area has been increased...