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Most of the hesitation about Moynihan's plan seems to stem from a fear that the new agency would be either too political to be worthwhile or would be too free- wheeling. One critic said that the problem of "who gets which requests answered first" would ruin the office's independence. Another said that "Congress must remain its own watchdog and that beefed-up committee staffs would be much more effective...
...when they get tired of fighting, they simply retire behind the 17th parallel. If they can't have victory, they accept nothing-not even defeat. We, on the other hand, will not accept defeat, and apparently refuse to go after victory. The Communist policy of "rule or ruin" and "if we can't win, return to the status quo" has worked well elsewhere, and will probably work in Viet...
This probably would have continued indefinitely, but for the HDC's impending financial ruin. To avoid complete bankruptcy, HDC leaders realized they needed at least a small share of Loeb proceeds. It was suggested that the HDC become co-sponsor of every Loeb production, and that HDC benefit performances be scheduled when necessary. This was unacceptable to the Loeb's administration, which looked with disfavor on the process of assigning mainstage slots by vote of the HDC's whole membership...
Some now defend the fashion on esthetic grounds. "You have this break between your pants and your shoes," explains a Los Angeles display artist. "Two textures. Why ruin it by sticking a third texture in between?" Others now give the trend Havelock Ellis overtones, agreeing, as one Californian puts it, that "hairs on the ankle look provocative." Some girls agree. "It looks sexy," says Rosalie Netter, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. "You can see the bone structure, like finely chiseled stone," says Wisconsin Sophomore Karen Knauf...
Hawaii purports to be a saga of the ruin of a perfect, if primitive, society at the hands of imperialistic religious zealots, come from New England to bring Christianity to the heathens. The script focuses on Abner Hale (Max von Sydow), a dense Bible-thumping Reverend who blunders proudly into the Hawaiian islands with his wife Jerusha (Julie Andrews) and, in the course of a generation, corrupts the island he has come to save, wearing out his wife in the process.Hawaii, then, has pretensions toward huge themes: the conflict between love of God and love of women, the problem...