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Granted, Gaitskell has been able to "surmount" the initial political weaknesses of his personality and background, but many English observers feel that he continues to react to political situations as the academician that he is. "He seems to act with the sense of knowing best," one commentator remarked, "--a kind of vocation to set an incompetant world to rights." This drive to set the world at rights is perhaps implicit in his Socialist creed, but Gaitskell's interpretation of party cant bears the imprint of a man looking for an up-to-date, intellectually solid synthesis. his own words, defining...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: Politics and the Don | 1/10/1957 | See Source »

Shakespeare's powers as a dramatist are, however, less apparent in the production. The fault here is in part due to the play itself, since Richard II lacks a great deal of motion and excitement. Director Glenn Goldburg does not quite manage to surmount this shortcoming. His blocking takes good advantage of the arena stage, but it tends to be rather static, especially in the long first act. Nevertheless, his staging is always visually interesting, and it is questionable whether any director can inject motion into a play that often does not move...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Richard II | 2/23/1956 | See Source »

...free food ("It's cheaper than fighting"), honest elections within six months and ultimate splitting up of vast colon estates. Then, taking a lesson from the U.S. 1952 campaign, Mendes capped his proposal by dramatically offering to go to Algeria and stay as long as necessary "to surmount all obstacles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Wand & the Word | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

...contortions, and to accompany this motion with a relaxation of the facial muscles and a slight quivering of the lips. This, then, is the first problem that confronts the popular song listener: Learn to express your response through all limbs, trunk, as well as digits, and you will soon surmount the first obstacle on the road to full musical appreciation...

Author: By Edmond B. Harvey, | Title: Wake Up and Listen | 3/30/1955 | See Source »

...FOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAINST PARTITION AND FOR A NEUTRAL ZONE IN THE CATHOLIC AREA OF NORTH VIET NAM. ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO SURMOUNT THE HOSTILITY OF OUR ENEMIES AND THE PERFIDY OF FALSE FRIENDS. UNUSUAL PROCEDURES PARALYZED THE ACTION OF OUR DELEGATION . . . ALL ARRANGEMENTS WERE SIGNED IN PRIVACY. WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SORROWS IN THIS TOTAL FAILURE OF OUR MISSION. WE RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT OUR RESIGNATION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: The Anguished Peace | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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