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That predictability is now lacking. For one thing, some of the old verities no longer seem so true. The Communist world is not monolithic, and Russia's Khrushchev is beset by economic and political difficulties that would make any Western statesman blanch with dismay (see cover story in THE WORLD). Moreover, in recent months new men have become heads of government in three of the West's four most powerful nations. Konrad Adenauer, Harold Macmillan, and even John Kennedy in his relatively short tenure were known quantities. Their reactions to given challenges could be foretold with considerable accuracy...
...here"; last man to shove him along was Alabama Public Safety Director Al Lingo. When Governor George Wallace heard what had happened he told Lingo that "this sort of thing must not be allowed to happen," and he called Merritt in to shake his hand warmly. "They all expressed dismay," said Merritt, "but it seemed to me there was something insincere about it." He was right. The next day Wallace gave the newspapers his version of the incident: Merritt, the Governor claimed, had resisted the sheriff, would not get off the bus willingly...
When Jose Figueres, former president of Costa Rica, left Harvard after a term, as visiting professor this fall, he spoke with joy of the tremendous interest in Latin America evident among undergraduates at the college. But he also spoke with frank dismay of the lack of courses given to study of the area: its history, its politics, its literatures, its importance...
...Washington, there was dismay-and growing anger. President Johnson refused to back down. Annoyed U.S. officials raised the possibility that Chiari might not have intended to let the crisis simmer down, that the so-called "agreement" was merely a maneuver to put the U.S. in a bad light and bolster the Chiari party's chances in the May 10 elections...
...such literally bruising personal contact with the press. But only once did Paul VI show annoyance at the ceaseless importunities of the newsmen. In Capernaum, where he knelt to pray in the ruins of a synagogue where Christ himself is said to have preached, Paul drew back in dismay when a radio newscaster thrust a microphone directly under the papal chin...