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...times the attempt comes off, but reading the less successful pieces can be trying. The author's most frequent peccadillo in these pages is a bland humanist sentimentality. He may conclude that a mathematician's work was wrong or that metaphysics taints Eddington's cosmology, and yet refuse to pass adverse judgment on the scientific value of his subject's work. I have in mind particularly his approach to Eddington: "His penchant for paradoxes, his gift for seductive images, his untenable philosophical interpretations of physical events, made him a prime target for clear thinkers." Yet, "he was a major benefactor...
...cover up the operation by assuring U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler during a relaxed,three-hour talk that the arms going to Cuba were purely defensive. Two days later, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko showed up in the White House with the same soothing message. But all was not bland during Gromyko's 2½-hour visit. Noting that he knew Kennedy appreciated frank talk, Gromyko declared that U.S. stubbornness had "compelled" Russia to plan to settle the Berlin crisis unilaterally after the Nov. 6 elections...
...Harry Howell, and Ron, Thomson will again bulwark Weiland's tight defensive zone, and the success of many of the games will depend on them. Wood will be guarding the Crimson nets, but he is going to have a tough time filling the shoes of last year's Bob Bland...
...with the powerful Clarkson sextet came early in the season. Sloppy passing and poor defensive play gave the Blue and Gold some very crucial breaks, and the Knights controlled the puck for most of the game, scoring five goals to the Crimson's three. Only superb goal-tending by Bland prevented a complete rout...
Kennedy wasn't talking about foreign policy. But Ike, who used to be bland about it, was now speaking out in partisan terms. Last week he bustled about in New England, and in Kennedy's own Boston he scathingly denounced the Administration's record overseas as "too sad to talk about...