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...Aristotle but to a Resistance fighter named Albert Camus. In paraphrase of Camus, Kott writes: "Prometheus' greatness is his revolt without hope." Like a banner he majestically raises Camus' fine and all-important distinction: "Being deprived of hope is not despairing." No 20th century margin shaver could come closer to making Sophocles a contemporary. Melvin Maddocks

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Classical Blood | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...Schick asserted that its Lite Touch shaver for women would not cut or nick. Its proof was an interoffice memo describing results of informal tests conducted by a panel of female employees. The tests were made after the FTC asked Schick to back up its plug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: The Elusive Truth | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

Craig's own final comment on his life begins with a kind of oral will: "Larry, you can have my shaver. Big deal. Oh brother, this is terrible . . . I give Dave my stereo and tapes." Then he settles his debts: "I got Dick's money on the table, ten bucks that I owe him, and got my settlement with Dave here on the table." Then he tries in vain to explain his imminent suicide: "Well actually, the real reason is that I really don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Craig's Message | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

...guaranteed minimum wage of $14,000 for 52 weeks of work a year: "The raise in salary levels we are now paying was long overdue." Instead, the concern of orchestra officials is about how to use their players throughout the 52-week working year. Fund Raiser Shaver likens the plight of the orchestra to that of "a manufacturer who had a market for 1,000,000 bolts, and as a result of the union contract was forced to turn out 2,000,000 bolts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: American Orchestras: The Sound of Trouble | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...lesson to be learned from the Minneapolis experience is that each orchestra must devise ways to serve its community better. As Shaver warns: "You cannot raise endowments by trying to finance the status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: American Orchestras: The Sound of Trouble | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

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