Word: essays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...serve as staple for repertory theaters, but that there should be "no more piety, no more reverence, no more sanctimoniousness," and no more dull, "definitive" productions: each new production of a classical play should be regarded "less as a total re-creation of that work than as a directorial essay upon...
Contrary to what Frank Trippett says in his Essay [Oct. 23], the "very heart of American democracy" is not a "spirit of accommodation and mutual respect." Rather, it is the protection of the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the Constitution. It is precisely these rights that differentiate the democracy of the U.S. from the "democracy" practiced in Communist countries where the rights of society always come before those of the individual. Thank God for factionalism because, Mr. Trippett, it is democracy...
Though I justified my academic life away long ago, nevertheless, the boys down at University Hall dropped off some short essay questions for me to tackle in Harvard's most difficult course, "Objective and Insightful Comprehension of Harvard Athletics...
...London Times on the harmful influences of T.V. on children--especially the dreadful impact of detective shows from our linguistically degenerate cousins across the Atlantic. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so English tutors abhor transatlantic jargon and the fondness for acronyms so prevalent in the U.S.--as caustic essay comments from my Oxford tutors would testify...
...Your Essay "What to Do About the Dollar" [Oct. 9] pushes selling gold, buying dollars, tight money. These are nothing but currency manipulations. No number of fiscal and monetary Band-Aids will do. Currency, after all, is only a medium of exchange. Stand on a street corner and watch the Toyotas, Mercedes and Volkswagens go by. This country has to produce goods with performance, quality and dependability. Tight money, recession and unemployment are no substitutes for productivity. We've got to rediscover value and go to work...