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...framework of archy's little satire is altered by the same slight over-acting of the Boss (Belden Crane Johnson), the journalist who keeps archy supplied with typing paper and apple peelings. He delivers his story not in the style of the unperturbed old hack, calling 'em as he sees 'em, but with dramatic pauses and grimaces of amazement. He most clearly regards a literate cockroach as a big deal; an obvious, flat point of view...
...practiced on hard courts for a week, finally got the team in top physical condition, had 'em beat 9-0 on paper, and then it rained," a disappointed Jack Barnaby joked after the Harvard-Penn tennis match was washed out in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon...
...water. By looking back I can see them popping up again." When he sees them, he summons fighter-bombers. As they approach, Mac guides them by radio: "I see six guys down there under those big trees to my left, wearing those crazy hats. I'll mark 'em for you." Firing smoke rockets, he does just that; then he scurries...
...short, Mr. Stone is under no compulsions to compromise in tone or expression. He writes for himself. He calls 'em like he sees 'em...
...unhappiness of some, he sees 'em starkly. And in an age when news-vending is corporation business and journalists must learn to play the sycophant, Stone's bald outrage at the frauds of governments and men seems pretty strong stuff. (I remember the raised eyebrows last year as Izzy declined to equivocate on questions from a Kirkland forum: "Jimmy Hoffa? He's a lousy crook. Belongs in jail. . . . Dean Rusk? The kind of guy you grow at Harvard--a sophisticated, educated, cultivated big bag of nothing.") A subscriber's salvation is that the unfair, bull-headed way Stone maligns...