Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...travails of six Presidents. For this week's cover story assessing the Carter years, Sidey drew heavily on those experiences-and more. "I got caught up with Charles de Gaulle's memoirs again," says Sidey. "Richard Nixon once introduced me to him in Paris. What a master De Gaulle was at sculpting public opinion, at understanding the moods of the people. He remains a great mentor for the world in the leadership business." Additional insights came from President Harry Truman, by way of Rosalynn Carter, whom Sidey interviewed for the story. "She had been reading his memoirs...
...Ronald Reagan "masterlily" delivered his convention address. Tiger lilies, yes. Water lilies, of course. But wonder of wonders, we also have master lilies. There just is no end to the joyous prolificacy of this lovely species...
...best of Carter, a profoundly caring man, loving his brother through stress, as honest as a political human knows how to be, skillfully projecting his concern from his electronic stage to an estimated 65 million Americans. He was forceful in his conviction of his own rectitude and a master of every detail in the intricate caper of Billy, the wily and greedy buffoon...
Steven Spielberg, child and master of the movie machine, is another film maker who shows an itch to play Silly Putty with finished work. His first TV feature, Duel, was released in a longer version for theaters in Europe. Last year when ABC aired Jaws, Spielberg added a few scenes cut from the original print. Now he has reworked Close Encounters, deleting 25 minutes from the original print and incorporating 20 minutes of outtakes and new footage. The result: the "new" Close Encounters is different-and the same...
...Faculty discussion: "Liberal Education at Harvard." Delivered in Ishmaelian tones by Alan (tradition-minded master of Eliot House) Heimert. Don't try to impress everyone by asking a question. Check it out, but sit in the back just in case it doesn't suit your fancy. Don't bring notebooks--classes don't start for nine days...