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...work be stopped. The Americans refused. A few minutes later, a truckload of some 30 additional North Korean troops arrived at the scene. An officer shouted "Chukyo!" -the order to kill. The North Koreans suddenly swarmed over the Americans and South Koreans, assaulting them with metal pikes, axes and ax handles. When the attack was over, two American officers, Captain Arthur G. Bonifas,* 33, and Lieut. Mark T. Barrett, 25, were dead of massive head injuries and stab wounds; four other Americans and five South Koreans were wounded. North Korea announced that five of its soldiers were wounded...
...ballet, Fall River Legend, New York Times Dance Critic Clive Barnes once wrote, "I would prefer to play pinochle, which is all the more surprising since I have never played pinochle in my life." In the line of duty, however, Barnes attended another performance of the ballet (about the ax-wielding Lizzie Borden) and wrote a glowing review of Marcia Haydée, who was guest dancer with the American Ballet Theater. Unpleased was Ballerina Sallie Wilson, the ABT regular who has danced the lead role impeccably for many seasons without getting what she considers to be a fair shake...
Moral Reservations. In that perspective, his choice of Minnesota's Fritz Mondale as his running mate was thoroughly consistent. But Mondale, like Carter, is capable of surprising. His Senate votes are usually liberal, of course. But as a member of the Senate Budget Committee, he has opposed meat-ax cuts in the defense budget. He did not support George McGovern in his fight to kill the B-1 bomber. He has had misgivings about both busing and the Humphrey-Hawkins full-employment bill. Like Carter, he has moral reservations about abortion, though he accepts the Supreme Court decision legalizing...
...when it turns to popular music. "This song has got to bounce, it's got to bubble!" she burst out last week during a rehearsal of The Night They Invented Champagne, from Gigi. "Why don't you smile? Your singing is rather heavy here. Just rela-a-ax...
...kill." The dark side of religious conviction can be a violent intractability, an avenging angel's note of retribution. As Martin Luther wrote, "He who will not hear God's word when it is spoken with kindness must listen to the headsman when he comes with his ax." Religion can provide a warmth of certitude and belonging. When its energy is turned outward, it may express itself in acts of mercy and even saintliness. But piety can also be lethal when directed against strangers and infidels. William James, writing 75 years ago, defined the problem: "Piety...