Word: weak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...known. He waited for the Russians to act fairly and responsibly (as viewed from the U.S.) in the postwar world. Then one day Harry decided he had waited long enough. He climbed into his limousine and went to the Hill and declared the Truman Doctrine to help the weak nations resist the Communists...
Operation Overkill sets in, but the play is weak in credibility and ramshackle in structure. Only the actresses stand out. Eileen Heckart is a thorough delight as Dede's pal Bella Gardner, a swaying lush more avidly at home in bedrooms than boardrooms. In the juiciest part, Estelle Parsons blows through the play like a typhoon...
DARTMOUTH: Nine freshmen earned letters for the Big Green last year while Dartmouth was going 7-5 against a weak schedule for its first winning season in more than a decade...
...plot is complicated and overgrown, including both sighing lovers and slapstick comedy, the latter provided by rustic laborers rehearsing an opera within this opera. The main weak point is the tendency for overlong recitative passages that stretch audience interest thin at times. The singing dialogues, however, especially the rustics', are splendid. In the end, after all the trials and tribulations of True Romance, there is a grand reconciliation when the status quo is restored. Good-humor and realism prevail over magic. At this point, the rustic laborers' comic rendition of the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe is not only...
Bowen believes, each set of parents unwittingly damages the weakest child. But the mother's role is more crucial: the weak child is usually the one with the most intense early attachment to the mother. Troubled mothers often try to control their own immaturity by using the double bind in caring for the child. Example: "Stay an infant, so I can care for you. Grow up, be a success." In an early study of schizophrenia, Bowen cited the example of a mother's way of dealing with a psychotic son: she buttered his bread, cut his meat...