Word: mastered
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MICHELANGELO: THE LAST GIANT (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). The second part of the life of the master is narrated by José Ferrer, with Peter Ustinov as the voice of Michelangelo. This covers the 23 years from the end of his work in the Sistine Chapel to his death...
Green Beret master sergeant who is now "military editor" of muckraking Ramparts magazine, testified that Vietnamese irregulars, usually Montagnard tribesmen, cut off the right ears of slain enemies to collect up to $10 per capita bounty from Special Forces. "Cutting off an ear," he explained, "was considered proof that you had killed a man." It was a gruesome practice indulged in by irregular troops-not the regular Vietnamese army. Asked about Vietnamese mistreatment of prisoners, Duncan said: "Beatings and general brutality were the order of the day. Normally, when it started, you would turn around and light a cigarette...
...jump for his life. Lindbergh had left the University of Wisconsin midway through his sophomore year to take a course in flying, bought his first plane (for $500) a year later, and qualified as a pilot in the Army Air Service. As a barnstormer, he walked wings, became a master of every stunt a Jenny could be put through. Landing was just a matter of picking the likeliest-looking pasture; navigation was done by spotting the shape of rivers, or sometimes by swooping low over the railroad station to read the signs...
...quintessence of the search for American roots and the often angry realism of Depression-era artists. Last March he was named the keystone artist to represent America at the 1967 Sao Paulo Bienal. Said Brandeis University's William Seitz, who made the selection: "There is no other master who can better represent what is most characteristic of art in the U.S. A pioneer in representing 'unpaintable' American subjects, he provides a bridge from the Ashcan School to the decade...
Other issues were similarly ignored by the Friday night extension. Adjustment is not change; they are independent issues. Contrary to what Master Gill has stated, the Masters and Deans have not introduced changes this year, and their refusal to consider such changes at the recent meeting represents at least an avoidance of responsibility...