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American poet Elizabeth Bishop will beg iving a reading of her works at 4:30 p.m. today at 2 Divinity...
Author Gilroy clearly identifies with Timmy, but he does not endow him with heroism, nor does he stain the parents with villainy. Nettie can tryannize one moment and pathetically beg $5 house money in the next. John cuffs his son as if he were a schoolboy, but in the end he helps him make the only correct decision-to leave the vortex of rivalry before he gets swept up in its forces and destroyed...
...recent graduate of St. Louis University, I beg to differ. Analyze what today's graduate is looking for in a career. If his education has weaned him away from the ideal of "self" and toward the ideal of "awareness and contribution" as regards the problems of society, the graduate is looking for a career in which he can commit himself to help solve these problems. Police work will give him that chance. Law-enforcement executives and college placement bureaus should plan programs toward this goal. Perhaps then the two poles of "cop" and "professional" can be reconciled...
...first he modestly tried to beg off, claiming urgent business in Paris. "But tennis is like alcohol once it gets in your bloodstream," said Sargent Shriver, 52, U.S. Ambassador to France, and there he was at Wimbledon competing in the Veterans' Gentlemen's Doubles. Bounding nimbly across the court, stretching for volleys, scrambling for lobs, Shriver and Partner Robert Kelleher, president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, easily defeated their first-round opponents 6-2, 6-0. Next day, though, they were paired against Jaroslav Drobny and A. V. Martini, a couple of old hands at the game...
Slowly he moved his free Shakespeare uptown, expanding his company's scope with whatever funds he could beg from foundations and individuals. In 1962 the city chipped in $250,000 and George T. Delacorte Jr., chairman of the board of Dell Publishing, gave $150,000 to build the open-air theater in Central Park. Conversion of the Astor Library into the Public Theater will ultimately cost $3,000,000, of which Papp has raised only $1,000,000 so far. The annual budget of Papp's company...