Word: mis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
BECAUSE Brecht builds distance into his plays, because dramatic language has become propaganda and ironic formula, acting can more effectively be recitation than it can be effusion. "The word has become a weapon in the class struggle," one leader says. This might also mean that it is hard to mis-act a Brecht play, since the current production, only fairly acted by normal standards, succeeds splendidly both as theater and as lesson. Produced by Humanities 96v, The Measures Taken represents a bona-fide learning experience. For the work of a playwright who sought always to give perspective, to express totality...
...reading the article I now suppose that he lumped together all of the twin studies. If I made a mis-statement in this respect it was caused by Dr. Herrnstein's failure to mention those I.Q. scores of those twins that differed by 19 and 24 points. George Purvin
...products of a new American enthusiasm for doing business with the Soviets. The purpose of Stans' "fact-finding" trip was to find out in general ways what the Soviets want from the U.S. and are prepared to give in return. In an excursion arranged months before Stans' mis sion last week, 90 U.S. executives were in Moscow conferring with Soviet trade officials and industrial managers. Said William J. Barton, vice president of Business International, the research firm that sponsored the Moscow expedition: "There's a real thaw-you can almost hear the ice cracking...
...concrete panels, plus many decorative feature of the Center, are being cast in plants in Littleton and Springfield, Gardiner said. Once they are delivered to the construction site, the mis-casting becomes obvious. Panels that don't fit must be sent back to the casting plant to be redone. Such problems have occurred at least twice. Gardiner said...
Families on public welfare in the Mis-sion Hill section of Roxbury, a section of Boston, are also covered by the plan. Their participation enabled the plan to receive a grant of $550,000 from the Public Health Service. The grant allows the plan to subsidize on a sliding scale basis premium payments for low-income families...