Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...China. Yet this cannot be done overnight. It is by no means certain that the Chinese Communists want to subordinate themselves to Russia or that they wish to eliminate American contact, or that, if they do, they can succeed soon. No matter what the Chinese Communists want, China is still oriented toward the West in many ways commercial, educational, cultural...
...approval) will be an essential step in any effort to support the American position in China. To withhold recognition, beyond the time when our State Department is able to work it out, would be to sell out our business firms trading with China, to desert the 1500 American missionaries still in the field, to surrender a century's investment of good will, and so play into Russia's hands. John K. Fairbank Professor of History
This may sound a good deal like the "theater-in-the-round" idea. In many respects it is, but actually "The New Theater" is a compromise between "theater-in-the-round" and the present proscenium stage. A lot of the new stage is still hidden from the audience--enough to allow for rapid changes of scenery. According to Mr. Wright's manifesto, which is posted near the model, scenery is built below the stage and rises on ramps to the playing area, which is equipped with a revolving disk. The "fly gallery" above the stage is completely eliminated...
...Mielziner a few months ago. Mr. Mielziner, who designed the sets for "Mister Roberts," "South Pacific," "A Streetear Named Desire," and "Death of a Salesman," is beyond a doubt America's top scenic designer. His feeling is that "the present method of flying scenery above the stage is still the fastest, most efficient means of shifting. Modern drama is written with flying scenery in mind, and for this reason 'The New Theater' cannot be adapted by the commercial theater for quite some time...
When apprehended, the Eli trio gave the police the name of still another Harvard student as the person in whose room they had changed clothes. Their failure at Mem Hall terminated the agreement...