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...national aim. The need for mobilization has the support of the country's press, its political parties, its churches. Even the militant Buddhists have not objected, which amounts to positive support from them. Virtually all members of the National Assembly back the idea-but the Assembly is jealous of its recently created powers. When Thieu last week sent the Assembly a terse, 60-word draft asking for authority to mobilize the country's manpower and resources, the Assembly balked at the lack of detail and the sweeping statement that "regulations to carry out this law will be determined...
Composers are as jealous as prima donnas, says American Symphonist Benjamin Lees, 44. "You can have lots of them for friends as long as your music isn't being performed more than theirs." So popular is his music these days at concerts of the Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit symphonies and a host of lesser orchestras, that Lees runs the risk of never again getting a friend ly greeting from any of his colleagues...
Characterization is equally inconsistent. Stephen Kaplan's truly fascinating Menenius at times conveys Polonius-like age, at times wisdom, then steps out of character suggesting a Hollywood agent who has lot his client, then a deeply jealous suitor disappointed at Volumnia's success over his own failure...
Radicals here are jealous of McCarthy's quick success in harnessing anti-war support--although they are quick to point out that their protests laid the groundwork for his achievements...
ESTRANGING others by bizarre actions or silent withdrawal, the students became over-whelmingly lonely. Even those who continued to present a normal facade to friends felt increasingly isolated. Two of the Cliffies interviewed said they dated a lot. One said, "I went out so much that other girls were jealous of me. But they didn't know how lonely I was. Once I thought of myself lying asleep and I laughed. I thought, 'Poor girl, nobody cares about you and you're not even awake enough to care about yourself...