Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Amalric outlines a chilling, decade-long scenario of dissolution. Disorder is already evident in "an unusual spread of casual robbery." Having discarded the old Christian morality, the Kremlin is desperately trying to substitute nationalism, with its "inherent cult of force and expansionist ambitions." Already, there have been clashes with China along the Ussuri River in the East...
REACTION to his ideas, says Milton Friedman, follows "a certain scenario." Act I: "The views of crackpots like myself are avoided." Act II: "The defenders of the orthodox faith become uncomfortable because the ideas seem to have an element of truth." Act III: "People say, 'We all know that this is an impractical and theoretically extreme view?but of course we have to look at more moderate ways to move in this direction.' " Act IV: Opponents "convert my ideas into untenable caricatures so that they can move over and occupy the ground where I formerly stood...
Director Yates knows how to shape even the sketchiest scenario, and if John and Mary is no deeper than an eggshell, it is every bit as functionally designed. Mia Farrow adds an otherworldliness to her character by reciting her lines as if they were cabala. Hoffman, one of the shrewdest young actors in the business, manages to be at once predator and victim. But when the film tries to make the audience care for the characters, it proves bankrupt. For beneath the Manhattan chatter and the glossy confrontations, John and Mary is as empty as a singles bar on Monday...
Perhaps because of his embarrassment over his novel's exquisite self-revelations, Vidal failed in two efforts to bring off a light, witty scenario. Director Michael Same (Joanna) then tried his pen?to just about everyone's displeasure. Finally, a Hollywood genius-presumptive named David Giler, 26, was called in. To complicate matters, Mae West has insisted on writing her own lines. The script is now in its tenth rewrite, and the ending has yet to be decided upon. Regardless of what is done to the script, the success or failure of Myra ultimately hinges on the girl who wants...
...Colia Williams, a Negro cafeteria waitress. Offended by a student supervisor's rude remarks, she threw cranberry juice in his face and was fired for "due cause." Result: 200 protesters occupied the personnel office and held four officials. Following the guidelines of President Kingman Brewster's "riot scenario," Yale warned the activists to vacate or face suspension. While most obeyed, 47 stayed put and were expelled. As for Mrs. Williams, she was rehired with back...