Word: magics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freedom of expression and a more sophisticated audience response to film were the two most important developments, according to Logan. Mrs. Crist attributed the change in audience reaction to the audio-visual orientation of modern society. The younger generation was "weaned with television," she said. The "magic" of stuntmen and special effects has been destroyed. However she added that this technical appreciation did not imply a more sophisticated criticism of intellectual content...
...report, what was exorcised at the Loeb last night, was the fragile magic of S. Anski's The Dybbuk. Stephen Kaplan's production of this classic Yiddish play was too often clumsy and out of sorts with the text to be completely redeemed by the superb concluding acts...
...dawn assault on Con Thien in an attempt to overrun the embattled Marines. Lobbing smoke and tear-gas grenades, the North Vietnamese reached the southwest perimeter of the base before they were pinned down by withering counterfire from the Marines. To the Marines' assistance came Puff-the-Magic-Dragon gunships, their fast-firing miniguns raking the attackers. U.S. fighter-bombers and Marine artillery also laid down a practically solid curtain of fire around Con Thien. By midmorning, their attack broken by the massive firepower, the North Vietnamese gathered up their dead and wounded and retreated. The Marines counted their...
...building complex works that physically re-created the frenetic pace and brilliance of modern urban life. To Chryssa, all of Times Square's jangle of signs is one total work of art, and she has set out with neon tube and stainless steel to rival its garish, flickering magic. Kinetic Sculptor George Rickey equates movement with life itself; his own tall blades and semaphores sway in the wind above treetop level and are capable of almost infinite extension...
What is the magic offered in this program? "Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of creed, freedom of demonstration, genuine land reform, and abolition of U.S.-built concentration camps." The same program, presumably, as those of Communist regimes the world over...