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Catastrophic Ending. Last year Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien, the strongest surviving political link between the Kennedys and Johnson, reminded Kennedy of what the party had done for the clan, of the loyalty that Johnson had shown John Kennedy, of the fealty Bobby himself could expect upon orderly succession...
...needs a change in muse as well as Duse; the melodramatic script was scarcely the sort of thing he does best. Hanley's Flesh and Blood is the saga of a construction worker's family with all the woes of Eugene O'Neill's Hartford clan but none of the dramatic impact. Even such a formidable cast could not sustain the numbing two-hour trickle of unspeakable secrets...
When Biddle took his newly created post this month, he brought along his expertise as curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's American wing, and a patrician family's heritage. The Philadelphia Biddle clan's family seat-and James Biddle's boyhood home-is "Andalusia," the most celebrated example of Greek Revival architecture in the U.S. Off and flying, Biddle injected the national conscience into a battle over Hawaii's Diamond Head. Financier Chinn Ho's plan to develop apartments on the extinct volcano's seaward slope sparked an eruption...
...yule log and invite the family for a singalong. Not to be outdone by Andy Williams, who featured his wife, two children and 38 relatives on his show, last week Dean Martin turned the cameras on his wife and seven children as well as Frank Sinatra and his clan (Mia was conspicuously absent). But for sheer numbers, no one can outdo the singing King Family, who last week turned out 45 strong for their first Christmas special. Since it followed hard on the heels of their Thanksgiving show, the next blowout viewers can presumably expect is "The King Family Ground...
...Walt Whitman, presents James's complex character with the ease and clarity that distinguished his subject's own style. There is no understanding James's skeptical temperament without understanding his extraordinary family. Using unpublished papers, Allen weaves a rich account of the restless, tightly knit clan. As for William, his character is best expressed in his own words: "My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. I will go a step further with my will, not only act with it, but believe as well; believe in my individual reality and creative power...