Word: intents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every one of his plays, MacLeish is not wasting his time. He is always the statesman-teacher, dramatizing with serious intent the things he feels strongly about, which are the things he feels we should feel strongly about. He reminds us that the highest role of playwriting is to show and explain Man to himself...
...play will be "Hammer of the ," by Firman Houghton, editor magazine, with Aaron described by Aaron as a comedy serious intent, the play is about a battle in an army camp...
Most of the colleges and universities which offer courses in theater are careful to include in their catalogues a note disclaiming any specific intent to prepare young people for professional careers in the theater. They talk about drama and the theater as adjuncts or components of the liberal arts training, but--possible for tactical reasons--they veer sharply away from any implication of professionalism, from any suggestion that their students are being prepared for careers in the professional world of the theater. Yet the completeness of their curriculum in Speech or Drama or whatever it's called, the very existence...
Wilbur S. Howell, clerk of the faculty, emphasized that the intent of the decision was not to stop smoking "as a moral evil," but that it was "a blunt matter of dollars and cents." President Goheen said in his recommendation to the faculty that a total of $16,700 could be saved annually--$7700 for cleaning costs and $9000 for sanding and refinishing...
Spahn is at his best when the going is worst. "I don't lose easily, and I pitch that way." he says. "You can't be content with halfway measures. I start every game intent on a no-hitter. When they get a hit, I try for a one-hit shutout. We baseball players live pretty high on the hog, and for 2 or 2½ hours on the ball field you can really...