Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just America's fall, but rather the mechanics of this transition, that pose the greatest threat to U.S. security. Because Japan has purchased huge amounts of U.S. government bonds, the U.S. government is dependent upon that country for continued support. Japan has bought up Western banks and corporations, making its mark in the private sector. Even state governments are clamoring for the investment of what is now the world's foremost economic power. Japan does not simply control lands and stocks; it can wield its financial control to influence American policy...
There are only a handful of active Black student directors on campus. Walker says Blacks have fewer chances to gain directing experience, and thus rarely qualify for slots on the HRDC production schedule. Despite the professional American Repertory Theatre's affiliation with Harvard, Walker says Harvard lacks a support system for inexperienced directors. "It's hard to get an HRDC slot if you haven't had experience," she says. "Few Black directors are brave enough to take the challenge...
Black actors and directors have created their own support network by forming Black CAST, a student umbrella organization and resource group for Black student actors and directors. But Black CAST has been mostly dormant for the past two years, producing only one show in that time. Walker, who served as treasurer last year, says the group suffered from "administrative problems...
Even without much support from Black CAST, some Black directors and actors held their own this year. Tim Benston '89 directed a high-profile production of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prizewinning A Soldier's Play on the coveted stage of the Agassiz Theatre. And Walker directed On Being Young, a Woman, and Black: The Works of Marita Bonner Occomy ['22], also at the Agassiz...
...that is a good thing for the rest of us. The record has the shock of sudden intimacy and of irrevocable disruption, in great part because Childs often found herself singing Ricketts-inspired songs straight across the control room to the inspiration himself. Ricketts provided bass, guitar and synthesizer support and worked closely with Childs and Producer David Tickle on the album's overall production. "David helped me understand the groove," Childs says. His presence, and his occasional prodding, also forced her to struggle hard with her own feelings. "In Let the Rain Come Down, that person I was singing...