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Mason's performance, over and above his adept vaudeville bits, is faultless--a suave and perfectly controlled one, such as we often get from the best British actors and have usually got from Mason himself in his many movies from Seventh Veil through Julius Caesar to Cry Terror. He doesn't falter vocally for a moment, even when at the same time he has to give himself a complete shave with a straight razor or don a shirt with separate collar and French cuffs...
...recent months informed sources in Belgrade and Warsaw have been proclaiming the existence of a "Stalinist" challenge to Khrushchev, allegedly headed by Theoretician Mikhail Suslov. Suslov, a grim-lipped fellow adept at writing manifestoes, may indeed be swimming in trouble instead of in the Black Sea, where Khrushchev said he was. But the evidence that he is the kind of man, or has the party strength, to offer an effective power challenge to Khrushchev is thin indeed...
Bragging Rights. Despite such minor frictions, most newsmen hoped that the Yates pact would continue in force (though the A.P. complained that it created an "in-between shadowland"). While Airman Yates (who also has a master of science degree from Caltech) had previously proved more adept at dodging newsmen than dealing with them-notably as General Eisenhower's top U.S. weatherman through the Normandy landings-he had clearly succeeded in bringing cooperation out of chaos at Canaveral. Already well liked by the press, the Maine-born general won new popularity at week's end by giving newsmen handsomely...
Signs & Wonders. Those adept at deciphering the message in a parable will be happy to wrest their own truth from The Sibyl. The supporting cast of human symbols is not hard to identify: there are the Pythia's pious, humble parents; the lowly, kindly oracle servant ("little friend of god and man"); the mean old spy who cares nothing for god but only for his temple. These are, for good or ill, like unto other men. But the Pythia and the Wanderer are set apart because they have been touched by God; he works on them not merely "signs...
...interwoven with the model girl who never drank, smoked or rock-'n'-rolled, who was equally adept on the violin or in a choose-up neighborhood football game, was another girl who emerged last summer. Three times police spotted Christine aimlessly wandering Westchester County highways at night in jeans and sneakers; three times they packed her back home. "She was unhappy, but she never said just why," observed a girl friend. "Maybe she was lacking in love and affection at home," suggested Patrolman Daniel Rosato, who picked her up in November, handcuffed her when she scratched...