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...another hour or so, at the time of the attack the Sir Galahad was still packed with most of its full complement of 68 crewmen and, according to some accounts, as many as 500 troops waiting to go ashore. Those on board had no time at all to react; those on land could only watch helplessly as the bombs fell on the two vessels...
...primarily American case studies. Fernandez, who sent a memo about the curriculum to faculty members, points to several problems with using American cases. Most, he says, assume a very stable environment and a working constitution which are often lacking in the developing world. "They don't teach you to react in a catch-as-catch-can world," he adds...
...such pep talks, plus psychological group training, are not enough at a time when rising inflation and growing unemployment are creating an accumulation of social dynamite that may upset the political stability of Western democracies. They are also not enough in view of the necessity for the West to react in appropriate form to Moscow's arms buildup, and to accept the accompanying financial sacrifices...
...usually originate at editorial meetings in New York, or at weekly conferences in its bureaus around the world. These proposals, breaking news aside, tend to be savored for weeks, even months, before coming anywhere close to appearing in print. But, by the very nature of its business, TIME must react as quickly to the unexpected eruption of genius as to the demands of hard news. This can mean that the normal weeks of planning may be telescoped into a few days, with the whole meticulous preparation process taking on the look and feel of a speeded-up movie. Such...
...felt. Then, just a few weeks before we were to start shooting, Henry Thomas walked in. He gave a dreadful reading. I could see he was petrified. But when I asked him to improvise a scene with our casting director, he transformed immediately into Elliott. He can act and react. He's gifted and malleable. He gave an incredibly controlled performance." Mature and childlike by turns, utterly unaffected yet supremely resourceful as an actor, Thomas is largely responsible for making scenes between a boy and a pile of steel and foam rubber glisten with feeling...