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...Cloakroom & Corridor. In Sidey's view, Johnson has never fully comprehended the difference between legislative and executive power, and his Administration has suffered for it. As Senate Majority Leader, he developed "a box-score mentality"-a sort of "Hey, hey, L.B.J., how many bills did you pass today?" approach that emphasized statistics at the expense of inspiration. His greatest failing, however, has been in the art of communicating. "Language may be the most important tool that a President has for governing this sprawling nation," says Sidey, and while Johnson is superbly versed in the arcane language of cloakroom...
Died. Scott Lucas, 76, longtime (1939-50) U.S. Senator from Illinois and Democratic majority leader under Harry Truman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Rocky Mount, N.C. A confirmed New Dealer, Lucas backed an internationalist foreign policy, farm and social security legislation, proved so adept in cloakroom maneuvering that he was chosen majority leader in 1949, only to lose his seat to an even more adept Republican, Everett McKinley Dirksen...
James Reston has commented that Johnson has transferred the "personal attitudes and techniques he used as majority leader in the Senate cloakroom" to the White House. Admittedly, his system of "punishments and rewards and highly personal arrangements," worked once...
...past year, about 8% in New York. Tax hikes have raised the price of a bottle of Scotch in Helsinki by 5% to a sobering $11 a fifth. In Helsinki, one British businessman complained to the Financial Times, eating out is "costing $84 a year in tips to cloakroom attendants for bowler hat and umbrella...
Director Vadim has not reinterpreted La Ronde; he has simply thrown himself upon it like a pimpled schoolboy tussling for kisses in the cloakroom. Famed for his ability to guide young actresses from obscurity to nudity, Vadim usually displays them backside up amidst a pile of sheets. In Circle, with five lissome beauties at his disposal (Fonda, Catherine Spaak, Anna Karina, Francine Bergé, Marie Dubois), he simply varies the routine with a good deal of explicit groping, button tugging and lifting of skirts...