Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cabinet area that was giving Carter trouble was Justice. His close counselor, Charles Kirbo, headed the search for an Attorney General. The trouble was that the familiar Establishment names, the people who had the proven legal and management skills, often lacked the inspirational or symbolic touch Carter wanted. By last weekend it was clear that the larger departments would probably be headed by white men, however long the search went on. So Carter was faced with the decision of whether to overlook the legal credentials needed for Justice and pick someone like Patricia Harris, a black lawyer from Washington...
...addition to his widely reported experience in foreign affairs, including official service in three administrations, Vance offered a proven diplomatic skill and a low-key professional style. The most frequent adjectives appearing in newspaper descriptions of Vance are "realistic", "cautious", "self-effacing", "a good manager", a "brilliant technocrat", "incredibly loyal". He has earned credentials for negotiating time and again, in Korea, Panama and Cyprus...
Take Renee Richards. Karl Marx thought you needed a hammer and sickle to work material changes on "objective conditions," but Renee has proven that a less than lethal dosage of gonadotrophins and a stainless steel blade can do the trick just as nicely. With a single stroke, she revolutionized tennis. Which only goes to show that professional wrestling is the greatest sport on earth...
...verb, something that one does rather than something given or had. This concluding recommendation is, however, problematic. If the women originally felt embarrassed or ill at ease expressing their wants, it seems somehow unrealistic for Hite simply to counsel "taking charge" when precisely that sort of affirmative action has proven to be so difficult. Hite does not present a realistic solution to this dilemma. She merely insists that women need not feel inhibited...
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS was a vehicle for Carol Burnett, who used the leading role of Princess Winifred the Woebegone as a stepping stone to television immortality. The show is based on the fairy tale of the princess whose royal lineage is proven when a pea lying beneath 20 mattresses disturbs her sleep. The show's one-dimensional fairy tale plot exaggerates the frothy, cute tendencies inherent in most American musical comedies. With minimal character development and a score which also lacks distinction, the play depends on a showcase of individual talents rather than the merits of a coherent story...