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...Glory resembles Speak, Memory as well as his first novel Mary, and even Ada. In it, as in all his work, he caresses his opulent memory and exalts it. This fresh and graceful book is pervaded by what, in an aside, Nabokov calls "a writer's covetousness (so akin to the fear of death), a constant anxiety compelling one to fix indelibly this or that evanescent trifle...
...notably the followers of Fanfani. Instead, the party settled on another former Premier: Leone. There was a measure of justice in the choice: Leone had lost in the 1964 presidential election largely because of Fanfani's opposition. At the time, he had complained that the balloting process was akin to "Chinese torture," but now he agreed to undergo that torture again, though he declined to campaign or to treat the exercise with great seriousness...
...Russians to lose the race to the moon, it was a disappointment, but to lose the World Chess Championship will be a catastrophe, especially if the winner is American Bobby Fischer [Nov. 8]. It is akin to the Russians sending us football, basketball and baseball teams and then beating the Colts, the Celtics and the Orioles, all on the same...
...Catholic enough, liberals that they are too traditionally Catholic. Moreover, the restrictions give ammunition to Catholic educators who would like to see the church get out of secular education altogether and concentrate on quality religious instruction. Indeed, many parochial schools ultimately may subside into a variety of Sunday schools, akin to those of Protestant churches. But many other Catholic spokesmen are not yet willing to concede defeat. They plan to shift their efforts to support of other parochiaid formulas that are still largely untested in the courts...
...appearance, Joe Restic is very much akin to Yovicsin. He is tall and lean, his black hair is close-cropped and carefully placed. One veteran player-who found the Yovicsin style repugnant-shuddered when he first met Restic, viewed his conservative dress and eyed his thin tie settled on a white shirt...