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HORIZONTAL (ATCO). In the vast electronic underbrush in which many musicians operate today, along come the Bee Gees with their crystal-clear voices, sounding as if they were plucked right out of a church rock group. Three of their best numbers: Lemons Never Forget, in which the group displays some nice, tight vocal work; With the Sun in My Eyes, a gentle solo backed by organ; and the poignant Really and Sincerely, which starts with a lone French accordion...
...disguised tryst with widower Antonio Garrigues, father of eight and a friend of the Kennedy family ever since Joe Jr. visited Madrid during the Civil War. As the rumors mounted, Angie Duke decided to call an impromptu conference on Jackie's behalf, saying: "I want to make it crystal-clear and completely understood that there is no basis in fact in rumors of an engagement...
Sulzberger is one columnist who is not badgering the President to make all his war aims crystal-clear. "A yard of adhesive tape stretched over the mouths of a dozen Administration leaders might prove an effective secret weapon," he has written. But while he believes that recent U.S. foreign policy has been based on "reasonable logic," he also feels that it has often been clumsily executed. "The content of great power policy must sometimes be blunt," he says. "Its style should always be burnished...
...expressed desire to see peace returned to that part of the world are an attempt to place the blame for continued fighting on the National Liberation Front, Hanoi, and China: "Merely negative responses from the Communists--should Hanoi and Moscow follow Peking's lead--will only make crystal-clear where the responsibility lies for pushing Southeast Asia and all the world to the brink of the abyss." (New York Times editorial, April 9) But it is Johnson who is pushing the world to the brink of the abyss. Once Johnson has made credible his intention to devastate the North...
...even a Harvard victory in the heavy-weight opener will not make the Crimson's prospects crystal-clear. "Several crews have already stamped themselves as outstanding," said Parker, "and we're going to have to go some to rank up there with the leaders...