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...crime story, the Massie case had everything; it was one of those lurid combinations of violence and unreason that not only command horrified attention at the time they happen but make for compelling reading when reconstructed later. Peter Van Slingerland, a freelance journalist, retells the case with the crisp assurance of a good crime reporter. He claims to have done even more-more than the authorities were able to do at the time. He identifies the man who killed "to avenge a woman's honor...
Johnson has also changed his style on the stump. No longer indulging in endless harangues, he has engaged a stable of bright speechwriters to turn out crisp, fact-filled speeches that rarely run longer than 20 minutes. As a result, his public utterances, once so freewheeling, have become painstakingly measured, syntactically impeccable-and patently synthetic...
Aunt Fanny's Cabin, 14 miles from Atlanta. Converted 160-year-old slave quarters jammed with antique spinning wheels and the like. The food is authentically old-fashioned Southern: gumbo soup with okra, crisp, deep-fried chicken, squash casserole and potatoes baked in resin...
...blue Pacific. In Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea, he largely confined himself to an avuncular speech in Coconut Square. Then he touched down at the curious condominium of New Hebrides, jointly run since 1906 by the French and the British. French officials in crisp kepis stood side by side with their British counterparts in pith helmets as De Gaulle, without a flinch, cried: "Vive la France, Vive le Royaume...
...more numerous Meo, Yao, Lisu, Lahu and Akha tribesmen, the border patrol has built two major "development centers" and three more are under way, complete with dispensaries, trading centers and schools. In the village of Huai Fuang near the Laos border, last week about 50 students sat in crisp regulation white shirts and khaki shorts in an open, thatched-roof classroom, learning to read and count from a border policeman whose platoon had supplied the class uniforms and haircuts. On the wall behind the teacher were three objects that symbolized the new presence: a Thai flag, a picture of Thailand...