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...lists, and leads the rest when Mao's does not appear. Tall, gaunt Liu Shao-chi is one of the least known of the Peking rulers, a humorless man whose slightest pronouncement on Communist theory rings among the party rank and file more loudly than the bombast of other figures. His wife once said of him: "He has an inexorable heart...
...grim disapproval. But underneath, De Gasperi had a mountain man's flint-hard resolution and a devout Christian's sense of integrity. These qualities made him the greatest man in postwar Italy and helped him revive a nation that had almost died from an overdose of political bombast...
...Candidate Linder and his thundering bombast at Atlanta's Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies [TIME, May 10]: My forebears came to Georgia from Virginia, having emigrated from England about 1650 ... I am a "real" Southerner-a statement I make with some pride-and in the next breath I say I am embarrassed and saddened by the words and actions of individuals like Tom Linder. I offer my poor apology for them to the rest of our good Americans-Northern, Western, or wherever else they...
...after the nomination for governor, since Governor Herman Talmadge cannot succeed himself. Last week Tom began to qualify for the governorship by delivering an oration at the Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery, where 4,000 Confederate soldiers lie buried. For roaring bombast of a style almost lost to U.S. politics, Tom Linder set a standard that the five other eager aspirants will find hard to match...
Having seen only two of O'Neill's plays on stage, my judgment is incomplete, but originals seem rather dull. Although they contain plenty of action, bombast and strained dialogue shoot through the short dramas. The motion picture, however, centers attention on the action and minimizes the number of boring or vapid lines. As result, The Long Voyage Home, while still spotty, flows along with grace and often force...