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...MacArthur chose the Foreign Service at the age of twelve after a Far East trip on which he was impressed by U.S. consular officials. At Yale ('32) he studied history and economics, played guard on the 1931 football team captained by Eli's "Little Blue Boy," Albie Booth. MacArthur entered the Foreign Service in 1935, served in Vancouver, Naples, Paris, Lisbon and Vichy, where he was interned by the Germans in 1942. Exchanged 16 months later, he encountered a Vichy official, gave a pointed reason for being underweight: "You would probably have lost weight yourself...
Banal and I were classmates. Our eyes had met, our bodies had met, and then someone introduced us . . . A stranger across the booth spoke. "Monique, what are you staring at, silly girl?" It was Banal. Curious that I hadn't recognized him. Suddenly I knew why. A revolting look of cheerfulness had twisted and distorted those clear young features until he seemed actually to be smiling...
...Under the light of four naked electric light bulbs, by the heat of a small oil stove, the President of the U.S. marked his ballot in the election of 1956. It took him just 45 seconds. For Mamie Eisenhower, the process was somewhat longer. She popped out of the booth to ask if one X would take care of the whole ticket. Assured that it would, she marked her ballot, and said: "Fine, that takes care of everything.'' Then she and her husband dropped their ballots in the battered, wooden ballot box that showed the wear and tear...
Since politics in Massachusetts is pretty much foregone confusion, the intelligent voter quite often emerges from the polling booth more frustrated than pleased. State campaigns usually come down to the level of a horse race between two old nags, and the best that voters can do is to support the candidate whose promises sound better conceived and more sincerely motivated...
...ounce of mortality from the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, while the performance of Richard Gediman as the Firechief is a real tour de force. Director Edward Thommen amazes us once again with the amount of movement he can make look natural on a small stage, and Ellen Booth's costumes and John Gilland's lighting are always appropriate. If you're interested in experimental theater, try a visit to 24 Palmer Street...