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...With the elan of a practiced politician, the War Minister then went to work, widening his following within the military, browbeating reluctant politicians and trying to soften up Castello Branco. ARENA is now almost fully behind him, and a recent survey of the military gave him the support of 80% of the country's army officers. Castello Branco finally had no choice but to pronounce Costa e Silva an "acceptable" candidate. All that remains now is his nomination at ARENA'S May 26 convention, his resignation as War Minister by July 3 pn,d fheformal election itself...
Foppish Dress. Though London's pendulum now swings with verve and elan, it started to move, as near as anyone can tell, during the Suez crisis of 1956, which many Britons found darker even than the days of the 1940 Blitz. Angry thousands massed among the pigeons beneath Nelson's glowering statue in Trafalgar Square to protest an aging, ailing Tory Prime Minister's final, futile attempt to assert Britannia's right to rule the waves. That same year produced the first explosive act of rebellion: John Osborne's corrosive drama, Look Back in Anger...
...alternative service proposal refuse to challenge the obvious advantages of the revision, preferring to base their opposition on the grounds that the move would damage the Peace Corps itself. They argue that the effectiveness of the Peace Corps, as a voluntary organization, depends on maintaining its volunteer status and elan; and maintain that if the Peace Corps were made an alternative to the draft, its unique character would be threatened. Some even contend that the extra trouble and expanse of processing the thousands of additional applications that would come in would make the program unfeasible...
...circle. When Wilson became Prime Minister last year, he offered Jenkins what many insiders considered a noose to hang a potential rival: the Ministry of Aviation, which was faced with the politically delicate task of arranging sharp cutbacks in Britain's aircraft production. Jenkins did the job with elan and efficiency, earning the promotion to Home Secretary. This post, too, will test his mettle: crime, immigration, racial discrimination-all explosive problems in Britain -are his new bailiwick. Jenkins is not yet a serious rival for Wilson's succession. But with his youth, he may become the very model...