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...about how many of his plots hinge on the machinations of dybbuks or the fist of fate. Such readers forget the most important ingredient in the ancient art of storytelling that Singer practices: wonder, awe at a world that can contain such deeds and such doers. Aaron echoes his creator when he complains about the cold passion for explanations: "Who says that everything nature or human nature does can be expressed in motives and words? I had been aware for a long time that literature could only describe facts or let the characters invent excuses for their acts. All motivations...
Contrary to Richard Schickel's unflattering appraisal of Joe Brooks' If Ever I See You Again [June 5], I found the movie to be tender, touching and entertaining. I feel that Mr. Brooks is a "multitalented," not "multiambitious," creator who has proved himself with this film. His scoring is superb, his songs are chart busters, his directing is solid, and his acting is completely natural, relaxed and refreshingly "non-Hollywoodish...
...judgment the largest asset of America is the very one that is so easily squandered," Valenti boomed. "It is the enterprising entrepreneur, the risk taker, the competitive antagonist, the builder of plants and factories, the creator of new enterprises and the expander of old ones, the people who make better mousetraps, cheaper and faster. If our economy is not strong, we will have neither the zest nor the vitality for other adventures, however useful and attractive they...
...finally happened in our day: mankind has accomplished one of his dreams. He has managed to remove completely the importance of the traditional Sunday and exalt a new Sun Day. The Creation is now back to being worshiped over the Creator, complete with incantations and "high places" of gathering...
...housewarming at Bunny and Paul's new place. For the gala affair last week at the magnificent East Building of Washington's National Gallery, the Mellons played host to over 200 guests, including Jacqueline Onassis and Artists Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler. Architect I.M. Pei, creator of it all, looked on beaming. "The best thing is to see how it looks with people in it," he said, adding, "I didn't want it to be a Lincoln Memorial." Not to worry. Before the week was out, the President himself had stopped by to open...