Word: longer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...write funny." The humor comes when he has correctly set up the situation and the characters. He begins a project with only a general plan; too detailed an outline kills his writing's spontaneity. "In a way, making an outline of a play (a technique he once, but no longer, uses) robs you of the joy of discovery." When it comes time to write, Simon starts at the beginning and has an idea of the conclusion, though often he does not use that ending. Sometimes the characters take off in their own directions and the scene flows by itself. When...
Mime comes to Harvard only about one a year, but it enjoys ever-greater popularity nationally. Although Marcel Marceau may still be the only mime whose name is a household word, his style is no longer the only one visible on the American stage. The Mime, a performing artist on the margins of dramatic theater and abstract dance, can express himself through both forms, creating a wide range of distinct forms...
This recognition does, however mark the end of an era in the formation of U.S. foreign policy; the United States should no longer rely on client regimes and C.I.A. puppets to act as surrogate policemen, as the United States' heavies in the Third World...
...constant for many years to come--until the United States builds up the complex of ties and relations that will permit it to articulate its political goals and moral aspirations to the nations of Southeast Asia. And, given America's bleak record in the region, it will take far longer for those nations to care to listen...
...enlargement, until a few years ago, was unfortunately used by many people as a substitute for what we call quality of work life improvement, which is a much broader idea. Job enlargement is simple the imposition by management of a process whereby workers perform more operations over a longer period of time. It's normally imposed by the engineers on the workers--the workers don't really participate in making that kind of decision. If job enlargement is to be introduced it should be introduced because the workers say this makes sense to us. In most instances that you read...