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...True?" At week's end, as Paris throbbed with meetings, arguments and suggested solutions, 31 worker-priests addressed a letter to Cardinal Feltin, Archbishop of Paris, protesting their loyalty but begging him "not to betray the missionary effort of France." Perusing this petition last week, an abbe called a visitor's attention to its opening words: "You know we have always recognized your authority as a bishop...
Unfortunately, the supporting cast is not equal to Slezak's level of acting. Replacing the original New York company, his companions betray a lack of familiarity with the lines, and worse, a tendency to overact. Admittedly most of the parts are caricatures, yet they do not deserve the heavy treatment of Paul Lipson's Henri Trochard, or the tiring gushiness of Delores Mann, the immature Ducotel daughter. Slezak's fellow convicts, played by Royal Beal and Carl Betz, seem brighter and more natural...
Some 250 Vigilant Women for the Bricker Amendment gathered in Washington, shook their heads sadly as Mrs. Robert Vogeler (wife of the freed prisoner of the Hungarian Reds) cried: "Men who serve their country now have fewer rights than men who betray it." Another orator made the Vigilant Women fairly squeal with delight when he gave his reasons for changing the U.S. Constitution, beginning with: "This is the 74th birthday of General Douglas MacArthur." The speaker was Clarence Manion, ex-dean of the University of Notre Dame's law school, now chairman of President Eisenhower's Commission...
...though he wavers, Tony does not "betray" Sam. By the end of the school year, however, Tony's sense of guilt and shame makes him realize that his loyalties were misplaced. Novelist Burt handles his characters with skill and his language with precision, and he has managed to turn out a morality in which he spares his readers any moralizing...
...occasionally to cock his head at the ceiling to get a grasp on his thoughts. As he talks, he comes back to his desk, stands at an easy parade rest, plunging one hand into a pocket, or crossing and uncrossing his arms. His gestures have no oratorical flair, and betray no nervousness. Ike does not squirm or fidget. He moves smoothly, as an athlete moves...