Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...himself this is a matter of no consequence. Last week, when a reverent follower told an audience that they had come to "obtain Rajaji's blessing" and to see "India's next Prime Minister," the old leader snatched the mike and testily disavowed the compliment. Said he: "This movement is not to put me into power. It is to put you into power. The people want a change...
...light they seem to reflect on their author. In Bonjour Tristesse, the light revealed a child passionately and exuberantly weary of the world, but now it shows an adult who seems tired of writing books. There is little in Author Sagan's latest (and fourth) novel worth a compliment or a damn, although readers with an ironic turn of mind may cherish the 23-year-old author's reference to "that incomparable love that comes with age." The story, hardly more than the unhatched egg of a novel, concerns Paule-the only character whom the author has troubled...
...letters, news clips, books. Also in his luggage: pad after pad of his "Handy-Dandy Little Giant Nervous Breakdown Avoider," a mail-answering form full of prefab messages such as "Congratulations," "Get well soon," "Let's both forget it," and "You paid me the highest compliment a woman ever paid a man, but I am not worthy of your love." That last item is frequently checked, for Hoffman is fond of women, including girls of all wages. His vision being what it is, he is not choosy. A Hollywood friend says: "If Irving ever regained his eyesight...
...meta-pheesical dream." It took Dali six months to paint, and one syndicate reporter estimated that it also put $250,000 in his pocket. The estimate seems absurdly high, perhaps triple the actual price. Says Hartford: "If a quarter of a million dollars is intended as a compliment to Mr. Dali or me, we accept...
...handicap and so do her teachers. Says her father: "It gives you a terrific boost when your kid comes home with a report card that you know is an honest report card." So normal does Pamela seem to her classmates that one crew-cut lad pays her the ultimate compliment of an eternal complaint: "Her? Oh, she's just one of those noisy girls...