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The lighting of the show, significantly, is done almost entirely with spotlights as opposed to natural stage lighting. The bright circles lend the air of a variety show and never permit the audience the illusion that they are watching a well-constructed play.

Author: By Daniel J. Singal, | Title: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | 9/27/1965 | See Source »

As Harvard Political Scientist (Presidential Power) Richard Neustadt has pointed out, it is an illusion to believe that Johnson can ride roughshod over Congress. At a recent Washington meeting of the American Political Science Association, Neustadt observed: "Underneath our images of Presidents-in-boots, astride decisions, are the half-observed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Boots, Sneakers & Crutches | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

Sir: You call us "watchdogs of secularism" [Sept. 3]. You should have called us watchdogs of religion. The trouble with you people is that you share the Roman Catholic illusion that if only the churches can become a division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 17, 1965 | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Whatever the reason, there is no doubt that many U.S. girls are now joyously submitting to overexposure. Bikini bottoms have shrunk to two wispy triangles held together with a bit of elastic and a prayer. Tops have plunged dangerously close to see-level, give the illusion that one good wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Beach | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

"Hatred is too much for me," confesses the disturbed American woman who is the heroine of this novel, "I can't face it." She means hatred for her ex-husband, a middle-aged philosopher who is a venerable pooh-bear to everyone else in the world but a dragon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Current & Various: Aug. 6, 1965 | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

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