Word: treks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what you and I respond to in the theater. The Balcony has no story in the normal sense and no real motivation for its characters. It does have a gimmick, a wonderful gimmick that Genet uses again and again, like a ritual. He leads us on an aimless trek down a hall of mirrors...
...weeks ago, two representatives of the Middlebury College International Relations Club made the long trek to Harvard to attend the New England Regional Conference of International Relations Clubs (if New England really was represented, we fear its size has sadly diminished). For the privillege of attending, these two members paid twelve dollars apiece. The week-end was advertised as consisting of (among other things): three speeches, a discussion, three "banquets," and "fun and games...
...leisure time in the afternoon. After an informal survey across the state, Speno found that "farms are pretty well automated by now, and the cows and chickens can take care of themselves." Among other potential advantages he cites: children returning home from school would no 'longer have to trek in the dark, and, most important, adults making the trip home after work would be saved the hazards of twilight driving. Throughout the state, as well as in Manhattan, more traffic accidents occur in the late afternoon and early evening commuting hours than at any other time...
Oddly enough, one poll shows Love far ahead of McNichols, with Carroll and Dominick running down to the wire (see jallowing story). Still, most Colorado observers find that survey suspect. They think that McNichols is presently a little bit ahead of Love, while Carroll may be trudging a losing trek against Dominick...
...bluff veteran in Connecticut politics, Republican Alsop also has the problem of establishing his own image. Outside Connecticut, his name is more famed than Dempsey's; he is, after all, the brother of Pundits Joseph and Stewart Alsop. John makes the least of this. During one recent campaign trek through a supermarket, a lady gushed to him about how much she had enjoyed reading Stew's Saturday Evening Post piece-"My Brother Runs for Governor." Replied John dryly: "Wasn't it nice of him to write...