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...citation read: "To his own distinguished writing and teaching he brings the same high quality he demands of others--'intelligence, tact, discipline, honesty and sensitivity...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Bunting, Ball Head Degree Award List | 6/14/1973 | See Source »

...popular decision, if long in coming. Chapin had amply shown that he could run a smooth operation, and that it was possible to have aristocratic savoir-faire without resorting to the autocratic methods of former Met Manager Rudolf Bing. As many a diva has learned, Chapin's tact and graciousness do not signal a relaxed will. He pushed hard and successfully for the company's new Mini-Met, devoted to intimate or experimental operas in small halls with mostly young casts. To the Met staff's evident joy, he preserved and deepened the aura of good will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Fantasy Becomes Real | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

...since its inception and is now an Assistant Secretary-General. He is also the first man to be given access to Hammarskjöld's private papers. He sees the former Secretary-General as a man supremely equipped with the inner resources, courage, stamina and imperturbable tact to make the U.N. work. The book uses considerable inside knowledge as it follows Hammarskjöld through every major crisis of his day: McCarthyism, the aftermath ot Korea, Suez, Hungary, Lebanon, Algeria, the Congo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Secular Pope | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

...film have claimed the environment it etches is harsher than what they personally experienced in similar times and places and table-turning social truths more it powerfully effective. Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield stand out as Kevin Hooks' parents: Martin (Hud) Ritt directs with surprising force and tact...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Seven to Place, Four to Show | 1/4/1973 | See Source »

...CHILD CALLED NOAH by Josh Greenfeld. A father's account of caring for an autistic child, told with extraordinary tact, and a quiet outrage against fate and the medical system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: A Selection of the Year's Best Books | 1/1/1973 | See Source »

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