Word: van
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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AMERICA HURRAH. Three brilliant playlets by Jean-Claude van Itallie refract and reflect some of the dominant, dissonant hues in mid-20th century American life...
...Patron. The first signal came during New York Timesman Harrison Salisbury's four-hour interview with North Viet Nam's Premier Pham Van Dong, whom some observers regard as le patron-the real boss-of the war effort. According to Salisbury, Pham emphasized that his oft-reiterated "four points"* for settlement of the war were not meant as prior "conditions" for peace talks but as a "basis of settlement." Since Hanoi had hitherto insisted that the U.S. had to accept these terms before talks could begin, the apparent shift in emphasis stirred a flurry of speculation. Was Pham...
Still another signal flashed from Paris. There, Mai Van Bo, head of Hanoi's diplomatic mission, said that if the U.S. stopped bombing the North and then suggested peace talks, "I believe this proposal would be examined and studied." However, added Mai, the U.S. should expect "no reciprocity whatever" for stopping the bombing...
...avoid the dangers in expelling Powell, Representative Van Deerlin (D.-Cal.) has recommended that the House exclude him instead. This action would deprive the New York Congressman of his vote but would allow him to keep his seat. Such a measure is attractive but it is also unjust. It would punish Powell's district for the offenses of its congressman, leaving Harlem without a voice in the House for an indefinite period of time...
...verify that the behavior of the two Egyptian vultures was no fluke, the Van Lawicks set out two ostrich eggs at a site some 60 miles away and sat back to see who would cast the first stone. Sure enough, the eggs were promptly attacked by two mature, stone-hurling Egyptian vultures, which aimed wildly, often pausing to threaten each other. After the pair finally had cracked and eaten the eggs, an Egyptian vulture that was lower in the social pecking order approached one of the empty shells and peppered it with 30 rocks, perhaps practicing for the day when...