Word: restorationism
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WHEN nothing in your world seems to have much value, humor can carry you through. Like most Restoration comedy, William Wycherley's The Country Wife could hardly take a more cynical view of human nature. But the drama's light wit colors over the dark tone, and this Quincy House...
The Country Wife is blatantly bawdy in a way that does not titillate the 20th century as it did the 17th. Restoration comedy has many elements that seem heavy now, but the Quincy House actors can keep more than just oranges in the air. Their efforts to juggle old-fashioned...
The statement accuses the Pakistani government of using tanks, planes and artillery against unarmed people and concludes,"... we fear that the present course of the government of Pakistan can lead only to disaster." It urges an immediate truce and prompt restoration of "legitimate and responsive government in East Pakistan."
The dilemma facing Argentina's rulers since the ouster of Dictator Juan Peron in 1955 is that the Peronists, who are chiefly urban workers, remain the most numerous political force in the country. Should Argentina return to entirely free elections soon, the Peronists could well win. Lanusse, who spent...
This outcome would have been more plausible if the second resolution of the Clark group-to expand the number of yearly national meetings from one to four-had not also been defeated. Before the split in 1969, SDS regularly held four national meetings a year, even though only one had...