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...diner he was gawked at; customers and workers cast sideways glances at the celebrity in their midst and spoke approvingly of his violent act. Waitress Irene Wienckoski asked for his autograph, and Goetz responded with a cryptically high-toned message: "To Irene--To be trusted is a better compliment than to be loved." Across the street he stopped at a Toys "R" Us store to buy a toy fire engine, just as he did in December when he fled Manhattan, driving north through New England, before turning himself in to police in Concord, N.H. Dashing hopes that the mysterious fire...
Biographer Rhodes James' nomination of the Prince Consort as "perhaps the most astute and ambitious politician of his age" seems one compliment too far; Metternich was still active in the decade when Albert married Victoria, and Bismarck became Premier of Prussia in 1862, the year after Albert died. This Albert memorial serves mainly to persuade readers that, compared with most European royalty, the Prince was a giant. Alas, a giant among royalty is only man-size anywhere else...
Lerry calls Smith a "fierce competition," a player who "was always getting tunover" and who "did what it took to win." Returning the compliment. Smith recalls Ferry as a "team' leader" at DeMatha, who "always played well in the big games...
...behalf of Washington, U.S. Ambassador John Gavin sent a check for $25,000, adding praise for "the generosity of individual Mexicans toward their countrymen." The compliment was well earned. On the morning of the explosions, neighbors in the surrounding community of Tlalnepantla took up a collection and then brought to San Juan Ixhuatepec boxes of crackers, canned vegetables and medicines. Next day they established themselves just outside the military cordon and distributed supplies to anyone who asked for them. By Wednesday there was such a flood of food and clothing that the radio called for a halt...
...pair may compliment each other as co-captains, but Hale has had to contribute her share of the leadership from the shore this season. She injured her shoulder last year and has not been in a boat since June...