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Maclean's voice has intensity, but his bland, uniform and almost constant intensity fails to convince or even, after a while, to entertain. All three of these actors often speak too rapidly. They lose good lines and make many passages difficult to understand...

Author: By Daniel J. Chasan, | Title: Ibsen | 11/23/1963 | See Source »

Return Visit. Afterward, in a bland communique, the two Presidents hailed the nuclear test ban as "a significant initial step in lessening international tension," called for "further progress" in "reducing the danger of war," and expressed hope for an expansion of economic, cultural and scientific exchanges between the U.S. and Yugoslavia. Tito thanked the U.S. for some $2.5 billion in military and economic aid since his 1948 break with Stalin, and for its help in the recent Skoplje earthquake. To house 10,000 of the 100,000 people left homeless by the quake, Kennedy announced that the U.S. would also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Courteous, Correct & Cold | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

...Member of Parliament for 34 of his 60 years, Butler is a dedicated organization man who nonetheless takes irreverent delight in the impish indiscretion and bland ambivalence. When Eden's ditherings with economic and colonial problems stirred angry criticism in 1956, it was Butler who declared slyly: "He is the best Prime Minister we have." He once said that Britain's sacrosanct civil service is "a bit like a Rolls-Royce-you know it's the best machine in the world, but you're not quite sure what to do with it." His sallies have earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THREE TIMES ALMOST PRIME MINISTER | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

They discussed-in terms as bland as the meal-nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and the possibilities of stationing observers in both the Soviet Union and Western nations to guard against surprise attacks. Though nothing concrete came out of the lunch, Gromyko did invite Rusk to dinner at the Russian mission-another urgent date on Rusk's crowded U.N. schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: The Perfect Format | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

Very Simple. At his press conference the next day, Kennedy was asked some questions that in the not-so-old days would have brought out the tiger. But now he was bland, and clearly determined not to be mad at anybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Above The Battle--For Now | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

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