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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence is perfect for those who, unlike Feiffer's audiences, want to have faith restored in those good old American virtues that made this country great. Unfortunately, that's about all anyone could like about 1776, which is sort of an extra-large Hallmark Hall of Fame littered with a few drab songs and some jokes Ben Franklin tells about Thomas Jefferson's six life. Really, the best that can be said about this musical (written by Peter Stone) is that the flag-waving is kept to a minimum...
...Kawasaki write the book? "It is an attempt," he told Japanese correspondents, "at helping to enhance understanding about Japanese among foreigners." Kawasaki's sort of understanding, however, was not considered desirable by the Tokyo government. Last week Kawasaki was on his way home to begin his retirement somewhat earlier than usual. Would he live in Tokyo? Probably not, since he also observed in his book that "it is one of the ugliest and most disorderly capitals of the world...
...College near San Francisco, became interested in the numbers and their applications. "We got a group of people together in 1963," he says, "and just like a bunch of nuts, we started a mathematics magazine." The Fibonacci Quarterly ($6 per year) has survived and-in an academic sort of way-even thrived. It is currently being sent to the 350 members of the Fibonacci Association and has a general circulation of about...
...stances have sort of become my trademark," she observes, then demonstrates on her Beverly Hills diving board. There is the Amazon Triumphant (Raquel with feet wide apart and arms overhead, embracing the sun). The Virgin Victim (Raquel crouching, head tilted upward, flinching). The Mistress of James Bond (Raquel with legs apart and hands on hips, eyes smoking...
...Like a sort of campus crime reporter, Feuer hustles from century to century and country to country-Germany, Russia, Japan among others-gathering evidence to support his group-neurosis theory. The theory is, at best, debatable. And like most men with a pet theory, Feuer seems compelled to hand in evidence in his own favor. But his book makes fascinating reading as a partial compilation of the games a great many young people play. With allowances for Feuer's bias, the basic game of Getting Back at Father goes like this...