Word: succession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there. Thomas Jefferson dressed simply and did walk to and from his Inaugural, but he adopted classic architecture and Louis XVI furniture. He eschewed the pomp of Kings, but he enjoyed regal dinners, which Carter does not. History suggests no correlation between the adoption of presidential tradition and success. Abraham Lincoln wore a stovepipe hat and saved the nation. Herbert Hoover often wore his tux to dinner-and nearly lost the country...
Park will take 22 ballplayers down to Florida in a week, and eight of those players will be pitchers. Thus it's no secret what the Head Honcho considers to be the key to the success of this year's squad...
...WEEK'S resignation of David L. Gorski, chief of University police, offers the University an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the course it expects to follow in dealing with the Harvard Patrolmen's Association. Gorski, who is leaving Harvard after thoroughly revamping the University police, merits high praise for his success in lowering Harvard's crime rate--yet his notable failure to maintain good relations with his employees tarnishes this otherwise enviable record. Now that he is departing, the University should reconsider the wisdom of such a policy, and make the effort to resolve this inner conflict that it has previously...
Director Joan Channick has a keen sense of tone and pacing, and, for the most part, she guides her actors through the play's precipitous shifts of mood without any loss of balance. Her success is ensured by a brilliant cast, who play their roles--and the roles within their roles--to the hilt...
...success of the current South House production of Sunshine is the script itself. A satire, the play relies on neither serious characterizations nor precise singing and dancing but instead on the actors' ability to infinitely exaggerate their stereotyped parts. The cast is obviously having as much fun as the audience. The lyrics are witty, the plot cleverly stupid and the music fine, although the drums did sound a bit overdone during the overture...