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Suddenly Vishinsky noticed that Syria's white-thatched Paris el Khouri had fallen asleep. Said Vishinsky with heavy sarcasm: "I wish the distinguished Syrian delegate the best of health. I beg his pardon for disturbing him. I want him to hear me. I hope he does hear me. I do not know what measures will have to be taken in order to make sure that he will hear me . . ." El Khouri finally woke up. What Vishinsky had wanted him to hear was hardly worth...
Dean Lowe, who knew, wasn't saying. Said he: "If by inadvertence I let slip something which may conceivably give a clue to [the donor's] identity, I beg you most earnestly not to take advantage of it, but to restrain those detective instincts which tend to be stimulated in some of us by such a challenge to our ingenuity...
...found the woman? She had written him a letter-here he triumphantly produced a letter with a Haverstraw postmark-and had smuggled it out in a "vegetable cart." He opened the letter and recited a dramatic line: "Once more I beg you not to let me perish here...
...Israeli political position is a highly delicate one. They may resist Abdullah-but must be sure not to crush him. They may beg the U.S. for help-but must be sure that help does not hopelessly alienate the Arabs. They may snarl at the British, but must remember that the British want essentially what Israel has to have-stability in the Middle East...
...youngest of Stravinsky's three living children, has just flown in from Paris for his first visit with his father in nine years. In Europe, Soulima is known as the foremost interpreter of his father's piano music-so much so that he has to beg impresarios to let him play something else. Says Soulima: "I say to them, 'I will play Stravinsky if I can also play some Chopin, Schumann or Mozart.' Now they...