Word: pact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...play moves in exactly the opposite direction. Here religion is a dominion of implacable law reducing man and his will to a broken toy; and it is knowledge that is tainted with evil. Through Satan's agent Mephistophilis (James Ray), the learned Dr. Faustus (Lou Antonio) makes a pact with the Devil. He wills his soul to eternal damnation for 24 years of life, during which he will unlock all the secrets of the universe, command all earthly power, be granted every whim of pleasure. The request makes Faustus an archetype of Western man, with his aspiring mind, towering...
...rejected. The cast gargles "Marlowe's mighty line" like polysyllabic mouthwash, except for James Ray's Mephistophilis, who, to give him his due, is devilishly good. By contrast, Lou Antonio in the title role is fumbling and playboyish. It is rather too bad that Faustus' pact with Satan should overlook mastery of the part...
...most realistic, sensible and encouragingly pro-Western policies in Africa today." Banda stood firm against recognizing Red China, even though Peking is reported ready to extend credits of up to $50 million in return for recognition. Another trigger of the revolt was Banda's negotiation of a trade pact with Portugal, whose policies in Angola and Mozambique are anathema to African nationalists...
...Jobs for Teens. As pensions are raised toward more generous levels, labor is making a big push for earlier retirement to go with them. A quarter of this year's new contracts that have granted higher pension benefits also include provision for earlier retirement. The Chrysler-U.A.W. pact encourages workers to retire at 60 instead of 65, even makes retirement possible at 55. In other contracts signed this year, Sinclair Oil, Westinghouse and RCA reduced normal retirement age from 65 to 62. The trucking industry granted retirement at $250 a month after 30 years of service, making...
...Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt unveiled a memorial to European unity with the plea that "the dead of the nations of Europe shall not have passed into nothingness." Free Democratic Party Leader Erich Mende in a broadcast beamed into East Germany reminded his listeners that it was Stalin's pact with Hitler a week earlier that had made the rape of Poland possible...