Word: torning
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...aftermath of World War II, the international casualty list read like a global roll call. Europe was an economic ruin; Russia was still reeling; Japan was shattered; China and Southeast Asia were torn by revolution. By comparison, the U.S. seemed a privileged party indeed. It boasted 40% of the world's income and a burgeoning economy. It was as rich as ever in natural resources, its population was growing, and it had an enormous output of food. It also had incredible military muscle; it possessed the world's only nuclear weapons...
...dames, Judith Anderson is matchless. So Charlton Heston found out in NBC's adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's Elizabeth the Queen. Though it is essentially a two-character play, Dame Judith as the queen hissing "Go to Ireland-go to hell" made it a one-woman show. Torn between pride for country and passion for the Earl of Essex (Heston), she played the tug of war with exquisite skill, slowly losing grip and, in the end, turning into a living mummy. Heston, unfortunately, seemed slightly embalmed to begin with...
...remains the issue or our times, if cultural misunderstanding, disrespect and economic backwardness are prelude to inevitable violence, the unpleasant facts of life remain in our own and in a hundred nations. Despite the Peace Corps' distance from perfection, despite a bigoted mayor or the sadness of a war-torn land, the needs and dreams, the hopes and the frustrations of three billion people remain throughout the globe. These hopes are less tortured now, but agony tomorrow is certain if we shut them out today...
...likely to be "anxious, disoriented and lonely" after leaving home, are prime can didates to join protest movements. The better universities, which have "the most creative, intellectually oriented and lib eral faculties," influence the more affluent students away from the conservatism of their parents. But when students find themselves torn between the attitudes of their parents and of the university, many, he says, tend to "escape the choice by abstaining from politics and accepting the doctrine that school and politics...
...Francisco baseball fans, the 81-acre field near Nob Hill is best known as the longtime home of the Pacific Coast League's Seals, whose stadium was torn down after the team moved away in 1958. But last week workmen were preparing the old grounds for a new and different pitch. And by next spring, bargain hunters instead of ball fans should be swarming into a $9,000,000 shopping complex belonging to one of the nation's largest yet least-known retailers-Manhattan-based Interstate Department Stores...