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Heroes & Bums. It remained far from clear whether the President had actually tried to hurt Stevenson through Bartlett and Alsop. Most of the evidence was to the contrary. What had probably happened was that some other New Frontiersmen, knowing of the President's lack of deep affection for Adlai...
De Gaulle returns to his own apartments by 8 p.m., watches the TV news, and then usually dines with his wife and other relations whenever there is no state banquet. Like the lunches, dinners are simple and quick. De Gaulle is fond of soup, and huffily remarks that the Elys...
A Reluctant Yes. While running Bridgeport with genuine affection (he opposed urban renewal, recalls a longtime aide, "because he resented the thought that anything in Bridgeport needed to be renewed-that would mean it wasn't perfect"), McLevy yearned for bigger things. In all he ran for public office...
At his funeral, McLevy lay in a sharply pressed suit, his hair newly trimmed. "He does look much neater dead than alive.'' said one mourner with deep affection. "Jasper never cared much about how he looked-only what he stood for." McLevy would have agreed.
Now the President must choose his successor, and the choice is an important one: A.I.D. has reformed and refined its operations, but it lacks a central mind to determine the criteria of eligibility for aid and to persuade the Congress of the value of experiment. There is some thought of...