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...Uneven Record of Soviet Diplomacy" you accurately point out that the U.S.S.R. is torn between acting in its rational self-interest or for the advancement of some theoretical Communist world ideal. Perhaps a story on "The Uneven Record of American Diplomacy" would be in order next, for we face the same problem: to act in our self-interest or to further some ideal image of ourselves as leaders of the free world, whatever the cost. In the Mideast crisis we wisely did our best to keep the conflict local, not part of the East-West confrontation. In Viet...
Donald Oenslager has provided an aptly symbolic setting. Thebes has just been torn by civil war, and the stage is punctuated by four enormous red columns, all but one of which are badly cracked and chipped. Surrounding them, therefore, is a network of metal scaffolding, parts of which later fold in to Antigone's prison cell. This and Tharon Musser's fluid lighting allow the show to proceed for two hours straight through, as Anouilh intended, without intermission...
...major reasons for building the library addition beneath the surface was the desire to preserve the green courtyard between Lamont and Houghton. But construction of the underground structure will be done by excavation rather than tunnelling, so the courtyard will temporarily be torn...
...crazy quilt of living color. Black was a basic color in the abstract-expressionist painting of the beats; hippiedom's psychedelic poster art is blindingly vivid. The progressive jazz of the beats was coolly cerebral; the acid rock of the hippies is as visceral as a torn intestine...
...remarkable that the I.W.W. accomplished anything, so great were its built-in weaknesses. It was torn by factional fights and filled with company spies and agents provocateurs. Basically, they could never decide whether they were a revolutionary movement or a trade union. Their contemptuous distrust of the employer made it impossible for them to handle the bread-andbutter details of rates, hours or factory disputes. Faced with any industrial problem, the Wobblies solved it by going out on strike or sabotaging machinery...