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...fourth time in six years, the Pulitzer committee last week gave no prize for an American drama. The committee is correct. No American play of the 1967-68 season merited an award. While it may pique national vanity, an esthetic dry spell is no novelty in the long history of drama. The sands of mediocrity have sometimes silted over the theater for 2,000 years-for example, between the titans of Greek tragedy and the genius of Elizabethan England. The lackluster quality of contemporary U.S. playwriting and the dearth of substantial new talent are simply a gap rather than...
...recent "purge" of the Novotny-clique thus seems to spell the final victory of the Intellectuals over the Bureaucrats. The source of the present trouble is the more aggressive nationalism that has emerged with the internal reforms. Nationalism, directed against the Soviet Union antagonizes--and frightens--the Russian leaders. From all indications, however, their current irritations seem to be mild and should pass quickly...
...musical entertainment" came to life in that country in 1962 and has wandered around Europe and the United States ever since, presumably to keep from going home. Now the eight performers and 32 musical instruments that comprise Wait a Minim have settled down at the Colonial for a short spell. The lengthy tour has not affected the show's vitality...
...diplomats creates more confusion than forward motion, loss of surprise, and a mucky situation such as we now have in Viet Nam. You just can't decide for a general where and when he will bomb or how he will attack. These are his valuable resources which spell success or defeat; timing is crucial. It's surprising that Westmoreland has done so well under the circumstances. And good luck to you, General Creighton Abrams...
...make sure that the breathing spell for the North does not become a dis aster for the South, U.S. pilots are relentlessly attacking the Communist convoys. Last week, in fact, they flew the largest number of sorties against the North so far this year...