Word: showing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their actions of silent protest during the Olympic ceremonies [Oct. 25]. Black Americans are treated first as blacks, secondly as Americans in this country. The allegiance of these black athletes first to their people, and secondly to America is understandable and constructive. Their willingness to participate in the games shows their loyalty to their country; their actions of protest show their loyalty to the underprivileged of our nation. It is concern like theirs, and the courage and conviction to express their protest in the face of condemnation by the Establishment, that will lead to the improvement of our society...
...Edmund Muskie. "Agnew is not a racist," said Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, last week. Then, in an extraordinary burst of candor, he added: "I hope I'm right. I hope for the good of the country I'm right." Nixon, too, must be hoping for a better show from Agnew. He himself now regrets his choice-although in public he must continue to defend it. In retrospect, he looks longingly at respected public figures such as John Gardner, who might well have been available...
Nonetheless, the Tanzanian Youth League is determined to press on with its "Operation Vijana (Youth)," and so is 46-year-old President Nyerere. "It is foolish to wear clothes that show legs," he declared last week. "It would be better for people to go unclothed if their intention is to expose their legs." The Youth League has also called for a ban, as of Jan. 1, on everything symbolizing the "cultural enslavement of the African." Besides miniskirts, the ban includes wigs, tight pants for men or women, and chemicals used to bleach skins and "dehumanize the African people." Hair-straightening...
...year-old she was to play? No problem either. A session with the makeup man and a youthful hairdo, plus her own well-preserved looks, turned the trick for the four segments Joan will appear in. After that, the character will be written out of the show until Christina gets back to the set. Said Christina, eldest of Joan's four adopted children: "I couldn't exactly jump up and down in bed about it, but it was fantastic she would care that much...
...erratic spouse (Jack Cassidy), who went off to play Hamlet and ended up as a circus clown. Shirley Jones looks decorative, and Cassidy is an inexhaustibly beguiling entertainer, but the scenes they have to play are sentimental postcards in need of falling snow. The trouble is that the show won't last until winter...