Word: soule
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...faced a tough challenge at her very first stop-the beautiful but economically blighted island of Jamaica. Prime Minister Michael Manley, a fiery socialist, has hinted at a capitalist U.S. plot to overthrow him. But Manley was the soul of propriety when he greeted Rosalynn at the airport and said that her husband's emphasis on human rights offered "great encouragement...
Many Americans are displeased by what certain disparities seem to disclose about social values. To these, prevalent pay differentials, taken as an index of the social soul, seem to prove, for example, that the nation cherishes professional teachers far less than professional athletes. Or, more broadly, that society generally values members who do its most serious work not nearly as much as the actors, clowns and jocks whose task is merely to distract and amuse. But this handy method of social soul searching is not reliable. Far more directly, income differences reflect the operations of the marketplace...
...fascism, red tape and human indifference. It was a smash hit on Broadway in 1950. Directed again by the composer, with Keene conducting, The Consul remains Menotti's most powerful stage work. Any performance of The Consul lives by its Magda, the woman who batters her heart and soul day after day at the consul's office in search of a visa, and who in the end commits suicide. Menotti has chosen her wisely. Marvellee Cariaga, of the San Diego Opera, has a lustrous mezzo voice, and her ability to convey Magda's growing agony is harrowing...
...eyed silence millions watched the purgatorial unpeeling of the Nixon soul as angel hosts intoned, "Will he ever say to the silent Witness, "God be merciful to me a sinner and save me for Jesus' sake'?" Colson and Magruder did it; why can't Richard Nixon...
...U.S.C. he met his wife Marcia, who has become a top film editor. In addition to Star Wars, she has cut Scorsese's Taxi Driver and his upcoming New York, New York. About that time, Lucas also met Coppola, who has become a soul mate. Says Lucas: "We are opposites. If Francis says black, I say white. He is impulsive, always on the edge of trouble. I am inherently conservative. We complement each other." When he was only 23, Lucas received backing for THX-1138, an expansion of a science fiction short he had started at U.S.C. Though...