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The trick in writing a chronicle play is to use the historical events to show off the characters of the leading figures. But Culpepper never even deliniates his protagonist. We learn in the first scene that Arnold is suspicious and quick tempered, but also a valiant general. Later on we...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Treason at West Point | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

With fireworks exploding the morning sunlight, a 16-float parade snaking past new-laid sod and sudden flowers, and the beaming presence of the Vice President of the United States, the New York World's Fair came out for the second round last week. Everybody in volved - from terrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fairs: Second Time Around | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

"If you just weren't so scathing, Izzy, if you only tempered your stuff a little. If you stopped always making your subscribers so damn mad. . ." But Stone isn't interested. He considers getting your readers mad at you part of the secret of good journalism. He has no advertisers...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: Washington's Happy Heretic | 4/22/1965 | See Source »

As the pressures and counterpressures rise higher, the 6,000-man U.N. peace-keeping force rushes back and forth interposing its Scandinavian, Irish, Canadian, British and Austrian troops between the short-tempered opponents. In Manhattan, the U.N. Security Council voted to extend the life of the $2,000,000-a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyprus: Ready to Explode Again | 3/26/1965 | See Source »

For Winner Argerich the ordeal was withering. Midway in a concert last week, a doctor was summoned backstage for Argerich, who was suffering from insomnia and near exhaustion. Nevertheless, she came onstage and swept through Chopin's Scherzo in C-Sharp Minor with a fleet and fiery abandon that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pianists: Dark Victor | 3/26/1965 | See Source »

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