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True enough. But in fact there is no going back; to gaze at the rearview mirror guarantees a crash. The best of Follies indicates that the art of the theater, like all art, must renew itself by destroying tradition or by using it in fresh ways. Follies amply demonstrates that the musical?America's single greatest contribution to the history of drama?need not become the exclusive province of the antique dealer or the rock group. In style and substance it can be as flexible as a film, as immediate as a street scene. Lyrics need not be laundry lists...
...with good reason. For years, veteran China watchers had become used to requesting visas via periodic cables to Peking and never receiving so much as an answer from the Foreign Ministry. Most had dropped the practice in recent years, assuming it a futile exercise. One of the few to renew their visa requests was NBC's John Rich, who left Shanghai just ahead of Mao's forces in 1949, and has been China watching from Tokyo since 1962. Rich sent off what he called his "umpteenth cable," routinely requesting permission to enter China. Associated Press Tokyo Bureau Chief...
...Nixon announced a small increase of the troops to be withdrawn between May 1 and Dec. 1: from 12,500 to 14,300 each month. The timing will allow him to assess the stability of the Thieu government in the October elections and the capability of the Communists to renew offensives in the autumn-winter dry season. If extended, that rate would reduce U.S. involvement to 25,000 troops by Election Day and sharply reduce the cost of the war, though there would still be considerable expenditures (see following story). Nixon's reminder that he had campaigned...
...action does not apply to FM stations such as WHRB, which are already required to renew their licenses every three years. It affects only closed-circuit AM stations whose audience is limited to on-campus listeners, since they do not have to renew their operating permits once they receive them...
Under existing regulations, once a closed circuit college station receives its operating permit it does not have to renew it. However, this applies only to AM stations whose audience is limited to on-campus listeners. FM stations such as WHRB or WBUR at Boston University, whose range is more extensive, are required to renew their licenses every three years and are not affected by the questionnaire...