Word: pilote
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paused and mentioned to no one in particular that he was staying at the Pierre, where President-elect Nixon has established his Manhattan headquarters. "Nixon has very good judgment about hotels," he mused. "I hope he has as good judgment about running the country. Because he's the pilot now, and we're all on the same plane...
...ARISTOTLE: The knowledge of the house is not limited to the builder only. The user, or master, of the house will even be a better judge than the builder, just as the pilot will judge better of a rudder than the carpenter, and the guest will judge better of a feast than the cook...
...Clean hands, a cool head and a warm heart." Those are the job qualifications for a good KGB agent, writes Russian Spy Rudolph Abel, addressing fledgling operatives in the Soviet secret police. The convicted spy that the U.S. exchanged for downed U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1962, Abel is the exemplar and frequent spokesman for a current massive Soviet propaganda campaign. Its aim: to trumpet the glorious exploits of the KGB in the Russian press, TV, radio and cinema...
...author is also trying to square accounts with the network concerning another property: an ABC collaboration with Paramount Pictures on Holly Golightly, a TV pilot based on Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. He always hated the movie version ("a mawkish valentine to Audrey Hepburn") and predicts that a TV spinoff, starring Stefanie Powers (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.) will be even more "jerky." The fact that highly seasoned producing and writing talent is at work on the show fails to moderate Capote's opinion. He insists that he will not stand for the TV version "if they...
...Afro-American Experience," is only a starting point. It is the first black course offered by Harvard; there will be others. How many others, what shape they will take, when they will appear -- these are matters that will be influence by the success or failure of this pilot course...