Word: ridding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fear. So we're undergoing an educational process. You know, after the voting-rights bill was passed, the only place where people crowded up by the thousands to register was in Alabama−because of the educational process that took place on the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Mississippi rid itself of much fear in the Meredith march. Now we're trying to do the same thing in Georgia...
...were helped only by the Russians. It's unbelievable today, and they deny it. But they stood with us before the state was established. They gave us arms, not from Russia, but from Czechoslovakia. Of course I knew the reason why. They wanted to get rid of the British. But I didn't care what the reason...
...supplies went on, the business of "cleaning out" the sanctuaries (see box, page 27) reverted almost to a sideshow. Cambodia itself had become the main arena. Two months ago, when Premier Lon Nol and Deputy Premier Sirik Matak overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk, one of their major objectives was to rid the country of Communist Vietnamese troops. Now the Vietnamese loyal to Hanoi are outnumbered in Cambodia by Vietnamese loyal to Saigon, and the country of 7,000,000 has become a battleground for the warring outsiders...
...question because he's stripped away all of those things that you just listed. When he works with the actor he says that the first thing he does is to try to strip away all that is exterior. All the exercises, all the things they do. are to get rid of. to take away, everything that is not essence. Tht process of stripping away as a concept is excellent. The problem I find is that frequently what happens when the actor has stripped away body tension and he is entrapped in its place is the trappings of the stripping away...
...exactly the spectacle aspect he is trying to get away from. He says that is what a movie can be and that is what television can be but theatre must concentrate on its essence. he relationship between the actor and the spectator. And so we have to get rid of all the costumes and props and lights and everything just to get that. So, in fact, your comment is an expression of the ultimate failure of his work...