Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been no Watergate, Nixon would have achieved his goal of "a full generation of peace in the world and prosperity without inflation at home." There was, says Haldeman, "greatness in him." But if Haldeman argues that Nixon's character assets ("intelligence, analytical ability, judgment, shrewdness, courage, decisiveness and strength") outweighed his flaws, he by no means minimizes those faults. He variously describes Nixon as having a "dirty, mean, base side" and "a terrible temper," being "coldly calculating, devious, craftily manipulative" and "the weirdest man ever to live in the White House...
...camps of whitewashed canteens and dusty beer halls, tin-roofed headquarters rooms with map-covered walls and the whine of heavy trucks stripping their gears in the red clay sludge that passes for roads. Rhodesia's 9,000-man army is less than a U.S. Army division in strength, and its war is still mainly fought at the level of small patrols-four-and five-man army "sticks" and ten-man guerrilla sections seeking to hunt and kill in a heavy bush terrain...
What has gone wrong? A major hand-.cap is the strength of the German mark, which gained 25% in value against the dollar during the past two years. That makes German goods dearer on the world market and cuts into corporate profits. The steel industry has been hurt by Japanese competitors, and the textile industry finds itself priced out of many traditional overseas markets. One consequence: capital investment is drying...
...some ineffable manner those titled men seemed drawn to children. It is remarkable how many ex-fighters work with children after retirement. Perhaps it is a means of staying close to the incandescence of their youth. Or perhaps it is an impulse to pass on that special strength forged in fighting, man's first competition. Ali tells how his daughter tried to thread a needle for several minutes, then gave up in frustration. "I spanked her and made her try again. It wasn't important for her to thread the needle, but it was important to wash away the taste...
...mean materialism inspired among the lower fringes of a capitalist society, he could have succeeded. But his play stretches for some deeper meaning, and in reaching for that goal topples over, incomplete. It's a shame to waste three fine performances on such a strange play. But the general strength of the production, if not of the play itself, is encouraging, and it is good to see an energetic young professional company set up shop in Cambridge...