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...greater theatrical interest is one specific echo from Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author-that illusion transcends reality once solidly conceived characters make the quantum jump from the playwright's imagination to the living stage. The playwright will change, wither away and die; his characters will remain changeless...
...practical fields-environmental impact studies, population anthropology, natural-resources research and maritime ethnology (studies of fishermen often sponsored by the fishing industry). Said former A.A.A. President George Foster: "Unless we are able to train people to do new kinds of research and break down our false pride, we will wither on the vine...
...conservatives, of course, take an opposite view, especially in the wake of Concordia's astonishing rebound. Seminex, predicts Church President Preus, "will wither away in a couple of years." Preus dismisses talk of any actual schism. "E.L.I.M. is mainly a clergy movement," he observes. "There will not be any split, primarily because the lay people are not cranked up." Moreover, Preus insists, he is not going to do anything "to stir things up further." With the conservatives' firm grip on the seminaries, "there's no reason for heresy hunts in the parishes...
...question is whether the Liberal support that has been blooming in the by-elections will wither in the next general election, to be held by 1975. Almost no politician, including Liberal loyalists who have been disappointed by short-lived revivals before, believes that the party has a chance of forming the next government. But even if current support continues at the same level-roughly 26% in the public opinion polls and 32% in by-election ballots-the Liberals could well become a major force for the first time since Lloyd George's government a half-century...
...them in the tumor. The spheres confined the viscous, quick-setting silicone, preventing it from entering the main bloodstream, where it could cause obstructions. The solidified silicone will remain in the patient for the rest of his life. But the tumor, its blood vessels blocked, has already begun to wither...