Word: desmond
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Spellacy's own career was blotched by petty corruption, his private life by weaknesses of the flesh. Still he remains cheerful, for like his brother the Rt. Rev. Desmond Spellacy, chancellor of the Los Angeles archdiocese and an outstanding golfer, Tommy knows that vice is far more interesting than virtue. For wickedness offers the double pleasure of sinning and confessing...
Smith is under growing domestic pressure to resolve Rhodesia's uncertain situation. Last week Desmond Frost quit as chairman of the P.M.'s Rhodesian Front Party and joined twelve other Rhodesian Front rebels in the ultra-rightist Rhodesian Action Party. This new group rejects even the limited concessions the regime has been making to blacks. As disturbing for the Smith regime is the quickened tempo of the "chicken run"-the flight of whites. Between 1,500 and 1,700 now leave Rhodesia each month; the net loss to the country (after accounting for immigration) could reach...
Died. Paul Desmond, 52, jazz musician whose lyrical, witty alto saxophone counterpointed Dave Brubeck's assertive piano in Brubeck's quartet for 17 years; of lung cancer; in Manhattan. Desmond composed few pieces for the group, but his Take Five, inspired by the sound of a Nevada slot machine, was the first instrumental jazz number to sell over a million copies...
...Barton and Fish" as three banes of New Deal legislation. Now a sprightly 87, Fish recently surfaced with a new book lambasting Roosevelt (F.D.R.: The Other Side of the Coin), and he shows no signs of slowing down. Last week the hardy widower announced plans to marry Alice Curtis Desmond, 79, a friend of 40 years. "She's a remarkable woman -highly intelligent," said Fish approvingly. "She's very much in favor of my political views...
...took off immediately for the Rhodesian border town of Umtali, where the annual congress of his Rhodesian Front Party was under way. Though it seems hard to imagine, Smith is a moderate by Rhodesian standards, and at Umtali he faced a right-wing revolt led by Party Chairman Desmond Frost, who would like to split Rhodesia into black and white sectors under overall white control. After six hours of speechmaking and debate, Smith forced the issue in a dramatic scene. "Are you with me or are you not?" he demanded. "For God's sake, be honest...