Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Arnold Zweig, 81, master of German letters whose 82 novels and plays dealt mainly with the intrinsic evils of war and its impact on the human soul; after a long illness; in East Berlin. From his experiences as a German soldier in World War I, Zweig fashioned his most famous novel, The Case of Sergeant Grischa, an evocative, existential account of a soldier executed as an example to the Kaiser's troops. Expelled as a Jew by Hitler in 1933, Zweig spent 15 years in Palestine, where he wrote The Crowning of a King, a tale of intrigue...
...Secret of Michelangelo: Every Man's Dream (ABC-TV, Dec. 5, 9:3010:30 p.m. E.S.T.) is still a rare instance of television illuminating art. The closeups of the human and heavenly throng, many of them unfamiliar except to scholars, are a powerful sight in themselves. But their impact is strengthened by the evocative narration, spoken by Christopher Plummer and Zoe Caldwell, and by the imaginative sequence of the pictures. Sometimes the figures almost seem to move, and the putti to dance...
...warfare state. As long as American universities continue to accept these institutions on their campuses they legitimize the idea that the universities and the military should work hand-in-glove in fighting the Cold War. And Harvard, as the oldest and most prestigious of American universities, has the strongest impact of all in this regard. The Army, by staying here no matter how few students in its program, appears to have learned this lesson far better than Harvard...
...Senator Edward Kennedy was able to get another $50 million added to the OEO appropriation. But no matter how far the OEO expands its health centers, they will not be enough to solve the nationwide medical problems of the poor. The effort to supply health care for maximum social impact will cost many more millions, and perhaps billions...
...major party might succeed if you "could convince people you'll meet their needs...People must be willing to work, put in money, and have some sense of what they're doing. If you could win 30 Congressional seats in 1970," he challenges, "that would have quite an impact...