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Born at the outbreak of World War I, Clark could pass for a somewhat haggard 35. A hand-on-hip, elbow-on-podium, lecturer, he speaks in a slightly lisped, pseudo-cynical side-of-the-mouth manner that a randomly selected sample of his female students agree is "cute." He smokes a pipe but looks far more natural with the Mariborough that is usually dangling from his lips. As a seminar leader, Clark is an instructive and incisive, interrupting a muddled speaker with an impatient "What is your point," or venturing a bemused "I feel terribly rejected" when someone ignores...

Author: By A. DOUGLAS Matthews, | Title: Kenneth B. Clark | 8/11/1965 | See Source »

...life "heartrending," or "damnable." "My emotions are too damnably raw today, I fear," he starts, and in 28,000 words plunges forth to speculate on God, reincarnation, Proust, Balzac, baseball and the charms of the camp director's wife ("quite perfect legs, ankles, saucy bosoms, very fresh, cute hind quarters"), while insistently querying his parents about "what imaginary-sensual acts gave lively, unmentionable entertainment to your minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 25, 1965 | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

...That's Cute." During its two-day session, the Coordinating Committee issued five position papers, ranging from criticism of the Democratic Administration for inadequate enforcement of civil rights laws to charges of military impotence in South Viet Nam. But all this was overshadowed by another small squabble. House Republicans announced that they were sending a four-man delegation to Europe to investigate the disrepair into which NATO has fallen because of the Johnson Administration's neglect. House Minority Leader Ford called the mission "one of the major undertakings" of this year's congressional session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Union Now? | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...Senate Republican Leader Dirksen, upon first hearing the news, was derisive. "Are you kidding?" he asked. When told that Illinois' Representative Paul Findley, leader of the delegation, had surmised that NATO's problems might be the result of some sort of misunderstanding, Dirksen chortled: "That's cute." Next day Dirksen had a second thought, issued a statement saying: "It is regrettable that this jovial exchange with the press was reported." By that time, the Coordinating Committee's meeting was over, and Politician Emeritus Eisenhower had already had dinner at the White House and exchanged glowing toasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Union Now? | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...cute, though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Victoria's Court | 4/17/1965 | See Source »

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