Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stoops to Conquer centers on Kate Hardcastle's (Susan Yakutis) attempts to convince her betrothed, Marlow (Andre Bishop), that he needn't stutter so before gentleladies, since he's so often displayed his knack with the wenches. In the process, Miss Yakutis makes a charming transition from country lady to lusty serving woman. Either way, she's a maid who's real talent lies in raising her eyebrows at just the right moment. Perhaps, she could instruct Mr. Etstein...
...saved." Popes Julius II, Leo X and Pius II-who wrote his own treatise on venery under his Christian name, Aeneas Silvius-all enthusiastically rode to hounds. And while papal edict forbade monks to hunt, the church gave its blessing to the chase by proclaiming Hubert, the 8th century Bishop of Liege who saw Christ's image on a stag's brow, its patron saint...
...Bishop has written a 713-page anticlimax. It does not contain the massive flaw of William Manchester's The Death of a President-namely, a distaste for Lyndon Johnson's necessary assumption of power. But neither does it boast the cogency of the Manchester book, the pertinent details-nor even the drama. As for style, it simply clogs the mind. Concerning Kennedy's arrival in Dallas, for example, Bishop writes: "This multiphrenic city sitting alone on a hot prairie like an oasis spouting a fountain of silver coins gave its elixir to John F. Kennedy...
...Bagman. Bishop supports the Warren Commission's findings-one unassisted assassin, three bullets. He says that the first bullet shattered on the pavement, the second wounded both Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally, and the third struck Kennedy in the head. He offers a couple of other, less credible ideas. He says that until Johnson received the oath of office he was powerless to act as Chief Executive. This statement adds a certain breathlessness and suspense to Bishop's narrative, but it is hardly to the point, considering Lyndon Johnson's character. Moreover, competent legal opinion holds...
...Bishop says that during the Dallas confusion, the White House "bagman"-the officer who carries the codes for nuclear attack-was at one point nowhere to be found. "As the clock hung silent, the United States of America stood, for a little time, naked." This is nonsense. Kennedy's military aide, Ted Clifton, knew where the bagman was and where Johnson was. And Bishop's statement to the contrary, Johnson had certainly been briefed at least twice on the use of the nuclear emergency system. Clifton, who established communication with the White House, was also in continuous touch...