Word: slides
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Obviously, the Tet offensive had much to do with Johnson's slide. Administration officials still believe that the attacks were a costly military failure for the Communists. But they concede that Tet had severely damaging psychological effects on the U.S. pub lic In its aftermath, Johnson began his reexamination of the U.S. war effort. To help him conduct the review, he summoned General Creighton ("Abe") Abrams, the tough, cigar-chomping tank commander who is the second-ranking...
...blessing. Since Signal's withdrawal, Allis-Chalmers has reported an earnings drop of 80% from 1966-down from $26 million to $5,000,000 last year. Its stock, which sold last week in the $32 range, has suffered accordingly. Anxious for a merger to stem a further slide, Kleiner played Cupid for Scharffenberger and a very willing Allis-Chalmers...
...with a space-age cobweb. Others, with illuminated lampshades on their hands and feet, do a close-order drill. Now the dancers are drunken caterpillars, now they are partnering their own distorted shadows. All the while, nine speakers ringing the auditorium sizzle, crackle and explode with electronic music; twelve slide projectors and 30 spots splash colors across the stage like an aurora borealis gone amuck. Nikolais, an ex-puppeteer who creates the music as well as the costumes and lighting for his dances, calls these trips into the twilight zones his "esthetic Rorschach." Some of Nikolais' Flipped-Out spirit...
According to Karen Wattel, the first female managing editor of The Tech, "The old stereotype for M.I.T. coeds (5 by 5 and the fastest slide rule north of the Charles) is definitely changing...
Anastasia is walking down the street. Short bright shift, legs, thighs, a swing and a rhythm to her step. Men turn after her. Cars slide between her and the camera. Even without the music it would be fascinating. With the brazen beat and the salacious lyrics, it becomes a walk on the wild side, a joy to see. You sit there, watching the girl, all the motion and color, in the groove with the sound. Stop the music! No more orange electronic notes to swell the picture. No more foot-tapping in the aisles. But the camera lingers on that...