Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...role of the U.S.: We look at the U.S. and see the greatest superpower on earth. In every respect we believe you have the capability to make this a happy world. We also ask, is that your wish, your perception of the American role? Quite frankly, we perceive SALT as of little consequence or meaning to the gulf. What we need is a clear drawing of the line against Soviet involvement in this area. The U.S. position should be clear, without ambiguity. You should not allow the Russians to undermine your friends and, in the process, America itself...
There have been several casting changes. The role of Mr. Hyde was played by three different actors in one week. Even the calico cat, who won a much publicized open casting call to be the Hansons' pet, was sacked...
DIED. Colonel Arthur ("the Bull") Simons, 60, legendary veteran of World War II and the Viet Nam War, who was once described by an admiring John Wayne as someone who plays in "real life the role I play in the movies"; of a heart attack; in Dallas. Green Beret Commander Simons won the Distinguished Service Cross in 1970 after flawlessly leading a helicopter raid on a heavily guarded P.O.W. camp near Hanoi only to discover to his chagrin that there were no Americans there to be rescued. Last February the retired colonel led a more fruitful rescue mission on behalf...
...Sexual excitement depends on a scenario," says Stoller. "The person to be aroused is the 'writer,' who has been at work on the story line since childhood." The writer then turns director, choosing sexual partners "because they are perceived as filling the criteria already written into the role...
...role, says Stoller, requires a victim. In real life the partner is supposed to play the part so that the hurt child can become a victorious adult in his sexual fantasies. It is a kind of theater in which the adult again and again conquers childhood fears. Says Stoller: "Triumph, rage, revenge, fear, anxiety, risk are all condensed into one complex buzz called 'sexual excitement.' " In Stoller's view, that buzz has an even harsher component: sadomasochism, the deriving of pleasure from inflicting or experiencing pain. As he puts it, "My hunch is that the desire...