Word: self-control
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...sovereign state by another without any declaration of war. Even assuming that America is capable of innovation in every aspect of war, the bombing is not a welcome precedent for a nation that has long been known for its moralistic foreign policy. We certainly respect the American ability at self-control which the sophisticated idea of a step-like escalation seems to demonstrate, but the logic of escalation itself seems very alien to us. It looks like beating somebody with one hand, while asking at the same time for a gentlemanly discussion with him. Should he accept the invitation...
...supremely cool, the Toronto-born violinist was appointed concertmaster of the London Royal Philharmonic at 24, then played in the same capacity with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw before going to Chicago in 1962. Says he: "The days of the swaying, anticipating, overanxious concertmaster are over. Today, masterly musicianship and maximum self-control are the order...
Keating's self-control is crucial to that part of the moral incisiveness of Love For Love which does come through. As the play's one, unfeigned true lover (excepting his love, Angelica, played by Lucy Martin, unfortunately the most poorly drawn of Congreve's characters) Valentine, though a rake in the past, is now the man free of the life of "continued affectation" which surrounds him. In the last scene, his sincerity and sobriety provide the one dramatic moment of the Charles production which is not just funny. Then everybody starts the frug. Like the show itself, the dance...
...stationed in Europe and Korea, through the Berlin and Cuban crises, through endless haggles with Russia, through millions of words at the U.N., through wearisome ego-salving for scores of tiny new nations, through insults from foes, obstruction from allies, envy from all sides, the U.S. has shown incredible self-control. Under the most extreme provocation, the U.S. maintained links with Indonesia and Ghana, thereby strengthening the anti-Communist forces that in recent weeks moved against Sukarno and Nkrumah. Personifying the U.S. posture in the world are the airmen of SAC flying their long patrols around the globe, the sailors...
Also deserving of praise are Mario Mitchell (a girl), who played a brace of coy maidens without cloying; Rick Ashton, a minor player with a fine sense of timing; and Sandra Robertson, whose self-control kept several scenes from running off the track. For completeness' sake I suppose I ought to add that two or three of the remaining actors were awful...