Word: stageful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...BIRTHDAY PARTY, by Harold Pinter. A man whose birthday it is not finds himself the guest of honor at its celebration and behaves as if he were a corpse at his own wake. Which well might be the case. The early Pinter puzzler is brought to the Broadway stage with American actors who often pay more attention to their accents than to their performances...
...poetic tension by Michael Cacoyannis, the story of Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter for the Greek cause is a moving lament for all who die young in war. As Clytemnestra, Irene Papas brings the adrenal flow of a mother's love and grief to the stage...
Nothing is wrong with segregating youth as a distinct stage of life, provided that the right purpose is served, namely to strengthen children for highly complex roles. On the whole, this is just what happens to the vast majority of American youngsters. Even so, the failure rate is big enough to ask why some of the most privileged children are so unready for adult life. One reason is the lack of self-shaping experience; part of the hippie syndrome is a quest for adventure and competence. They did not have the benefit of those cattle-boat jobs that might have...
...strongest argument against RUS is that it sets the stage for a full-dress battle, with wild-eyed students lined up against their more level-headed elders. An approach of this nature, opponents of RUS reason, is hardly likely to win over the Council. But this analysis has already proven itself wrong. RUS has the support of a number of very level-headed alumnae...
Cummins' victory set the stage for the final relay. Harvard coach Bill Brooks put Pete Adams, Dan Thompson, John Bragg, and Bill Shrout on the line against Army's powerful four. Adams and Thompson opened up a lead of one body length which Bragg lost to Army's speedy Jay Williams. Shrout hit the water even with Cadet Heesch. Heesch, like Shrout, had won two freestyle events earlier. But for the relay Heesch was rested while Shrout was still tired from the gruelling 500-yard freestyle, two events before...