Word: vis
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...eventually present it in the Loeb Ex in the spring. Hum 96v is one of the only courses for credit at Harvard which includes some practical work in the theatre. (The others are: George Hamlin's freshman seminar in acting, William Alfred's course in writing plays, and a Vis Stud seminar-workshop in design for the stage given by Franco Colavecchia...
...ground-combat role will end late this year, but that U.S. air-combat operations and logistical support could continue a year or two longer, with up to 100,000 Americans still involved in Southeast Asia. The President's desire to hold back one or two cards for bargaining vis-à-vis North Viet Nam is understandable, but no longer worth what it costs in the U.S. or in South Viet...
...film was made by two seniors as their Vis Stud thesis. It's one of those quickies using nonunion actors which cost under a million-$10,000 to be exact, $6000 given by the Corporation to the admissions committee several years ago, and $4000 more kicked in by Dean of the Faculty John T. "Darryl" Dunlop. The actors are, in fact, real-life students supposedly participating in their real-life activities, though in certain scenes-such as a slow-motion sequence of joyous romping in the Radcliffe Quad overlaid with pseudo-classical music-they are, at their most real, life...
This is probably the most ambitious course offered by The Film School and is probably the most difficult to assess in terms of worth. One Vis Stud senior at Harvard said, "I'm worried that they'll just tell you what buttons to push and you'll go out and push the right buttons and everything will come out fine. But that's not the way to get quality stuff." The staff at UCA insist, however, that highly personalized attention will be given to each student with a strong emphasis on editing. Each workshop is limited to 15 students...
...Foster Dulles. Dean Rusk embraced the theory throughout Kennedy and Johnson presidencies and Nixon dragged them forcefully to the fore when antiwar dissent rose. The rotten apple and domino visions of the world struggle could be defended in their time, but realities have changed, notably America's relative power vis-ŕ-vis the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union's own role in the Communist movement. In the heady days after the war, Americans felt, as French Journalist André Fontaine says, "that they were the best, most capable and most qualified to act as disinterested policemen in a world destined...