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...sharpen it, Carter plans to issue many position papers on issues such as urban problems, the economy and the plight of minorities. He will also emphasize the same issues used in the primaries?tax and welfare reform and Government reorganization?though he probably will divulge few new details to keep himself from becoming an easy target for Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONVENTION: ONWARD TO NOVEMBER | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...Unlike those of most universities, the program is not designed to train students to go directly on the stage after graduation. Explains Seltzer: "I am not interested in increasing the number of unemployed actors. I believe that a study of theater is the best way to expand minds and sharpen emotions." Indeed only a small percentage of the 200 students enrolled in program courses intend to become professional actors. Says Seltzer: "We're building creative audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Scholarly Thespian | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...restore a sense of transgression, to sharpen guilt. Taboos hold out the promise of resonance and tension, of eroticism itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PORNO PLAGUE | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

PRINCETON-COLGATE--I mentioned a month ago that Princeton will be the prime contender for the Ivy crown, and I'm sticking by it. The Tigers sharpen their claws in this non-league encounter against a tough Colgate squad. Princeton 24, Colgate...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Tom Columns | 10/18/1975 | See Source »

...Fuller as Prince Hilarion and Paul Seltzer and Paul Hewitt as Cyrill make an irresistably impish trio. Fuller proves once again his skill in portraying the standard G. and S. straight man--sweetly and stupidly earnest--and Seltzer and Hewitt sharpen one another in their roles as comic foils...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: A Production for the Purist | 4/23/1975 | See Source »

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