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...Trevor-Roper has already pointed out the major shortcomings of Carr's approach to history at great and devastating length in his own review of the book, but most of the points are very much worth making again, and Mr. Graubard by concentrating his fire on Carr's bandwagon dictum (that the historian is only successful who writes about and believes in the winning side), makes his denunciation of Carr more than mere reiteration...
...suede to satin. An occasional girl will turn up in a plain old vanilla terry-cloth jacket or playsuit, but most of her fellow travelers will sport the same fabric colored purple, cerise or tangerine. The beach-bound set will wander the islands in shirts that follow the Pucci dictum (find two colors that cannot go along quietly, put them together, and toss in five or six more for accents) and accompanying slacks that are cut as slim as decency permits...
...opposing armies were of unequal size, skill and equipment. The Chinese force of some 110,000 men was commanded by General Chang Kuo-hua, 54, a short, burly veteran of the Communist Party and Communist wars, who well understands Mao Tse-tung's dictum, "All political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." His army is made up of three-year conscripts from central China, but its officers and noncoms are largely proven cadres who served with distinction in the Korean war. The infantry is armed with a Chinese-made burp gun with not very great accuracy...
Died. Larry Goetz, 66, granite-jawed National League baseball umpire (1935-57) who rarely lost a rhubarb by following his dictum. "You can't be a good guy and be a good umpire"; of a heart attack; in Cincinnati. The old arbiter's rarest treat was once ejecting former Brooklyn Manager Leo Durocher before the game even began. Presenting his lineup, Durocher snarled: "What I said yesterday still goes." Replied Goetz: "And what I said yesterday still goes, too. Yer out of the game...
...rabbinate. In this atmosphere, there was no Reform congregation in Israel until 1957; now Unger assists three. Their services include some features that appall Orthodox rabbis: the seating of men and women is not separate, women participate in the service, organ music is used in violation of the Talmudic dictum against musical instruments. The objective is to practice Judaism in harmony with modern life and unbound by the detailed daily regimen of Talmudic laws...