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...chiefly responsible for the big shift is the smoothest kuromaku of them all, Nobusuke Kishi. A candid, confident pro, Kishi masterminded the formation of the Democratic Party and its ouster of Premier Shigeru Yoshida's Liberals from power last year. He is the man who put elderly (72), crippled Ichiro Hatoyama into power and is now preparing to nudge...
...Cadwallader (353 pp.; Knopf; $4.75), though written in the 18905, has until now escaped the publishing industry's hunger for Civil War books. The author was a Northern correspondent with Grant's headquarters 1862-65. His easy, intimate description-of Grant as man and soldier contributes a candid, fresh view of the Union commander...
...candid awe of the recent Russian farm delegation indicated, the U.S. need have no doubts about the skill of its agricultural production. Housing is another matter. For two decades before the end of World War II, the U.S. fell behind badly. Since then, a housing boom has gone far to close the gap, but whether its quality matches its quantity is still questionable. Last week a visit by ten top Russian housing administrators provided some interesting insights...
...another country, or in this country at any former time. The U.S. was told what his wife read to him, what music he heard and how it was with his eliminative processes. A British reporter was horrified at the intimacy. After listening to Dr. Paul Dudley White's candid exegesis of a medical bulletin, the Briton exclaimed: "Imagine the BBC reporting that about the Queen!" Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty overheard him, replied: "Every American family has had a heart attack in it. People are deeply interested in the President's recovery. This is very important...
...stopped. Little Sophia of Stettin became Catherine the Great of Russia, one of the most brilliant women ever to mount a throne. Her Memoirs, published for the first time in an unexpurgated English-language edition, take Catherine only to the threshold of the throne. Nonetheless, her chronicle tells in candid detail how uneasy sleeps the head that even waits for a crown...