Word: moment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moment, the New Young Dems find themselves attached to a party they are wary of acknowledging until the party picks a Presidential candidate in 1972. Calling themselves Democrats now has no more political bite than calling themselves North Americans. But if the YD's become less self-conscious about SDS and respond to opportunities for influencing campaigns in Massachusetts, they may not have to wait until 1972 for their political identity...
...actors all feel the growing pains of the Atma, and are required to adapt themselves at a moment's notice to the severe limitations constantly being set upon them. And the required adaptations are many. The very choice of plays is limited by the small cast of ten players. (Krapp's Last Tape has one character, Albee's Zoo Story has only two characters, and so on with the entire repertoire...
People and Prophets. Heschel views the war as a "rendezvous with history" that illuminated not only his own life but the lives of Jews everywhere. Speculations on "why it is significant to be a Jew" were no longer necessary. "We felt all of Jewish history present in a moment. Suddenly, we sensed the link between the Jews of this generation and the people of the time of the prophets." That "eternal link," Heschel argues, makes Israel unique. "It is the only state which bears the same name, speaks the same tongue, upholds the same faith, and inhabits the same land...
...moment of wrath, Hamburg State Opera Impresario Rolf Liebermann once exclaimed: "It's the directors who ruin everything. It's never the composer, conductor or singers. The directors are just so many dilettanti who don't know their job. Their only concern is their own vanity...
Benka feels that the greatest moment of his track career was at the Heps this year in his capacity as team captain. "The most exciting thing wasn't the 61' throw, but seeing Harvard win the Heps," he stated. This spring, Benka will add the discus throw to his chores as captain and shotputter...