Word: mix
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March, Henderson the Rain King and Herzog, there is also a vigorous mix of farce and moral fervor in Humboldt's Gift. Charles Citrine, the book's late middle-aged hero, is-like Bellow-a dedicated resident and booster of Chicago. The son of Jewish immigrants, he has made a name for himself as a Pulitzer-prizewinning biographer, essayist and playwright. LIFE has commissioned him to write an intimate article on Bobby Kennedy. The French government has honored him with an Order of the Chevalier, which entitles him to wear...
Rite of Passage. Psychiatrist Salvador Minuchin at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center finds that anoretics usually come from families that have conflicts but are "enmeshed" in togetherness. Minuchin's treatment is a mix of showmanship, ritual and behavioral techniques. Step one, oddly enough, is bringing the family together for lunch. The purpose is to replay a typical meal at home to see what happens. Like a director in a play, Minuchin may call the scene to a halt at the climax, perhaps just as the father is angrily and unsuccessfully trying to force his daughter to eat something. Minuchin...
Most important, they bring to the CEA expertise in areas of critical importance to the Administration. Malkiel will generally involve himself in such broad economic subjects as monetary policy and tax matters. A specialist in money markets, he favors a mix of Government programs that would spur business spending to boost production. MacAvoy concentrates more on particular markets, like transportation, than on the overall economy. Among other things, he has advocated deregulation of the price of natural gas, a field in which he is an acknowledged expert. If nothing else, the quality of the latest appointments should go far toward...
...guess all that was the angry comedy I wanted to mix with the drama...
...Music Row, where the Country Music Hall of Fame is, and the record companies have their offices--a lot of fountains in front--the buildings look opaque and forbidding. No one seems to live in Nashville. Nothing in town gives the feeling that it's residential. Public and private mix in a funny way, hard to get at, which is what Altman tries...