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Birdsall's strong soprano voice, however, partially compensates for the weakness of her acting. Musically, in fact, the entire cast of The Beggar's Opera is unimpeachable. While Ben Cox's Macheath displays more world-weariness and self-parody than vigor, he sings in a melodious high tenor that does ample justice to Gay's ballads. Toulouse too has an outstanding, well-controlled soprano--although her duets with Polly would be more effective were she a contralto...
Nixon's other son-in-law, Edward Cox, 29, denies the book's claim that he had expressed fear of a Nixon suicide and insists that he never said the President was walking the White House halls at night, "talking to the pictures on the wall." Eisenhower supports Cox's denial...
...question remains: Should the more personal descriptions of Nixon's behavior have been published? Kissinger authorized a statement deploring the authors' "indecent lack of compassion." Betty Ford argued that parts of the book "could have been omitted." One of Watergate's heroes, former Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, went further, saying of those who talked to Woodward and Bernstein: "They should be ashamed of themselves...
Nixon's two sons-in-law, Edward Cox and David Eisenhower, also worried that the President might attempt suicide. Seeking outside help, Cox telephoned Michigan Senator Robert Griffin. He reported that Nixon had been "walking the halls" of the White House late at night, "talking to pictures of former Presidents." The President, warned Cox, might be in a mood to kill himself. David also told friends that he thought the President might "go bananas" and seemed convinced that he "would never leave the White House alive...
Just before the resignation, the President called in his court photographer, Ollie Atkins, to make a last set of photographs of the family. Everyone was there- the First Couple, the daughters, David Eisenhower, Eddie Cox. "I'm always glad to see you, Ollie, but not this time," Pat Nixon said sadly as the President brought in the photographer. Atkins had to keep shooting a long time before he got a picture in which tears did not show on any of the faces...