Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...transferred to the Canal Zone?an inhospitable place in those days?where he became executive officer to Brigadier General Fox Conner, commander of the 20th Infantry Battalion. Next to Eisenhower's parents, Conner was probably the strongest influence in his life, introducing him for the first time to the serious study of military history and strategy. At West Point, Eisenhower remembered with distaste, this had been "an out-and-out memory course." Ike later wrote: "It took years before I fully realized the value of what [Conner] had led me through. In a lifetime of association with great and good...
...even serious illness could disrupt the tranquillity of his first term, however. Late in the summer of 1955, the President, fishing and golfing in Colorado, suffered the first of his heart attacks but recovered quickly. Less than a year later, in June 1956, he was stricken again, this time with ileitis, which required major surgery. To his credit, Nixon, then Vice President, responded with tact and humility in a situation that might have stopped other men. After two such illnesses, it seemed impossible that Ike would run for reelection. But he did. "I want to finish what I have started...
What odd values! I think possession of pot should be no crime at all, and 15 days would seem about right for a weak punch or two thrown in anger. But interfering with the freedom to teach and learn is a very serious offense and two years (with some remission, I trust, when he shows he understands) seem particularly disproportionate had he been convicted of that offense. E. S. Pattullo
...heat is being generated by this new, serious, non-patriotic musical about the writing of the Declara- tion of Independence. There are those who love it--and those whose hearts do not quite thrill to the goings-on (which include an animated discussion of Thomas Jefferson's sex life). Still, the cast does include such people as William Daniels and Paul Hecht, and the general style of the piece is supposed to be quite out of the ordinary. At the 46th STREET THEATRE, W. 46th...
Zorba--A great serious musical about living, loving, suffering and dying. John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote the immensely theatrical score; Joseph Stein did the adaptation from the Kazantzakis novel; and producer director Harold Prince tied it all together with a finesse the likes of which have not been seen since Jerome Robbins' heyday. Herschel Bernardi is the man of Crete and Maria Karnilova is his French lady friend. They have a strong assist from gutsy-voiced Lorraine Serabian, who heads a Greek chorus. At the IMPERIAL, W. 45th...