Word: risings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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David K. Smith, '58, Director of Admissions in Harvard College, offered three reasons for this dramatic rise...
...biological line. This explains the deification of Mao, and even more than Mao, Mao's Thought. Mao's Thought must be the sole (thus unchallenged) basis for the order which survives him. The hysterical attack on all tradition is an attempt to clear the field for the rise of a new cleansed Maoist order, and youth is the bearer of the new tradition because it symbolizes the vitality of rebirth. One of the most stirring passages of the book is a paraphrased second hand account of the first Red Guard rally in Peking in August...
...Succeed details the rise of one J. Pierrepont Finch from nowhere to family and fortune, aided by a get-rich-quick book plus a bravely installed deus ex machina. This time around, one Pope Brock gives life to Finch, and he does so with a modicum of class. Brighter lights, on the other hand, shine to every side, not the least of which is Timothy Hall as J. B. Biggley, the boss of World-Wide Wickets where Finch is employed. Hall handles a considerably larger portion of the show's laughs than did Rudy Vallee in the B'way original...
...scene. A bomber navigator in World War II, Whitcomb was captured by the Japanese, later wrote a book called Escape from Corregidor, which he distributed by the thousands during his campaign. In his race against Lieutenant Governor Robert L. Rock, the Democratic nominee, conservative Whitcomb promised to veto any rise in state taxes, even though the Indiana treasury is bare...
...impact of imports on the nation's overall balance of payments has been eased by a rise in foreign investment in the U.S. During the first seven months of the year, foreigners not only poured $1.2 billion into the U.S. stock market but also bought $1 billion more of U.S. corporate bonds than they sold. Among exports, chemicals and transportation equipment (notably jet aircraft) have increased substantially, and recently foreign orders for durable goods have picked up. The threat of a mid-December dock strike has prompted many U.S. exporters to ship early. For the longer run, Washington is counting...