Word: role
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lamenting the departure of Mr. McNamara, my boss for the past two years, I should like to make a few observations on our era: glamour and personality, petty and inconsequential qualities seem to play much too great a role in the selection of our national leaders. Mr. McNamara, with his drab, oldfashioned, almost spartan public image, has proved a welcome and competent exception to the rule. His unquestioned integrity, coupled with his demonstrated ability, loyalty and courage, mark him as one of the truly unsung heroes of our time. It is regrettable that such enormous talents are to be relegated...
...negotiations, the key issue is likely to be the future political role of the Viet Cong. They are certain to demand several Cabinet seats, and there are those who feel that the U.S. must be just as certain to refuse. "If you give the Viet Cong the Interior Ministry," says one senior U.S. diplomat, "that means you lose. If you give them anything less, it's meaningless." But the U.S. is willing to see the Viet Cong get some political representation. The State Department has indicated as much. The V.C. certainly might be recognized as a political party...
...often the result is painfully disconnected, sliding over the more intense moments in the score with a frivolous pat-de-chat and dwelling on the lighter moments in a tight pirouette. This was especially true in the dance of the Dew Drop Fairy, one of the two major roles in the ballet. Nevertheless, June Perry by far outshone the rest of the Boston Company in that role and stood up well against the sugar plum fairy of guest performer Violet Verdy, one of this country's best ballerinas. These two, along with the City Ballet's Earle Sieveling...
Clayton Corzatte plays Aubrey with a bravura that grates audience sensibilities in the beginning but still manages to modulate into something like sympathy by the end. But the play belongs to Mrs. Fisher-the best role Helen Hayes has found since she was Queen Victoria 29 years...
...seems to be trying to stake out part of the student government turf," Henry R. Norr '68, president of the HPC, said yesterday. Norr said he "hopes the HUC finds a way to bolster its role in student affairs...