Word: deft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rail industry's merger marathon a decade ago as boss of the Norfolk & Western, which he arranged to unite with four other roads. The president and chief operating officer will be the Central's Perlman, 63, who is more noted for forceful operating know-how than deft administration. And keeping a close eye on moneybags will be the major stockholders: the Central's Allan P. Kirby and the Pennsy's celebrated Mellon family of Pittsburgh...
...discover that after such pleasures, hara-kiri hurts even harder. In the title tale, a young mother whose little son and daughter have recently drowned reluctantly realizes that her heart is not broken, impatiently longs for her own death as the only remaining event of possibly equal interest. Deft in execution, ironic in tone, the stories serviceably sustain Author Mishima's reputation as a sure and showy craftsman...
...WALK, by John Hersey. A deft portrayal of the collegiate scene more than compensates for Author Hersey's too-clever tale of a sophomore who sells his soul to the Devil...
...whole, however, Too Far w Walk earns only a B -as good fiction; the Faustian bit may be clever, but it is too shallow to take seriously. It is Mersey's deft portrayal of the collegiate scene that makes Too Far worth walking for. Parents who have survived the ordeal of pushing a son or two through college will certainly learn a thing or two. Especially if, like Sophomore Fist's father, they have ever had that choked-up feeling in communicating, and have ended up saying hopelessly: "Why don't you get your hair...
...from sewage-disposal research (under the Public Health Service) and the location of new inner-city schools (Health, Education & Welfare) to the design and route of metropolitan freeways (Bureau of Public Roads). He has no charter to annex other agencies' territories; rather, it will be a matter of deft and exceedingly diplomatic manipulation aimed at finding some semblance of cohesiveness...