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In the year 1956, however, these disturbed words have an ironical significance, for most theatre people still desire an actual Harvard Theatre, but whereas in 1953, there was virtually no interest in dramatic activities, some 12 different organizations are presently flourishing, possessing an exuberance and creative drive that was totally...
As the youngest thief, Wayne Maxwell projects an innocence that is both amusing and ironical. His girl friend, Georgia Boyko, tries for much the same spirit in her role and achieves a reasonably coherent characterization. But the best job of acting is that of Sharon Gans, as the knowing old...
It is unfortunate that more space in this review cannot be devoted to nine poems by Elizabeth Jennings, collectively entitled "Sequence in Venice." The nostalgia that several reflections on a visit to Venice might inspire is certainly evident in the poems, but it is tempered by a kind of tough...
... Is it not ironical that a few supposedly "intellectually acclimatized" politicians are able, in a few short weeks, to make a shambles of the painstakingly thorough job of research Dr. Salk and his staff conducted during the vaccine trials ?
Since October 1948, when he seized power as the leader of a military coup, General Manuel Odria has ruled Peru as a fatherly, sometimes Big Brotherly dictator. Elected President in 1950 in a one-candidate race, Odria said recently that he intended to step down at the end of his...