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...greater the attention, the more B.C. seemed to thrive -even though investigators were closing in relentlessly on details of shadowy business and political connections (see box next page). Settling back in the witness chair for his second week before House investigators, Goldfine played to the gallery, shouted give-'em-hell answers when provoked, slipped and dodged among questions, refused to discuss most of his fast-shuffle business affairs-and came perilously close to a contempt citation. During the committee give-and-take, Goldfine...
...January of this year Sary was packed off into gilded exile as Cambodia's Ambassador to Britain. Sary's entourage: his formidable No. 1 wife, Em, a plump suffragette, and their five children, ranging in age from 8 to 18; Tep Kanary, the young beauty queen, Sam's No. 2 wife and No. 1 mistress; the other beauty, Iv Eng Seng, was either No. 3 wife or No. 2 mistress. To get around British sensibilities, Iv Eng Seng was listed as a governess. Whose business was it that she was also pregnant? Sam Sary called on Queen...
Turning to Detective Rochman, Costello ordered: "Check the wool on 'em, Frank." Rochman ran his hands through the hair of both the boys and girls, looking for concealed razor blades, found none. The cops rolled...
...America is not going to support a system of free enterprise if the system appears designed primarily to maintain the status quo and protect the wealth and good life for the few." The U.S. has also suffered prestige setbacks from Sputnik and Little Rock, and from its take-'em-for-granted attitude toward its hemisphere neighbors. Latin Americans widely credit the U.S. with favoring hated strongmen; Venezuela is currently irked because Washington gave a U.S. visa to ex-Dictator Marcos Peérez Jime...
...himself in the showy, romantic repertory he handles so well, neglecting his powers to develop. Says Juilliard Dean Mark Schubart: "He needs to learn more Beethoven sonatas; he needs to work on Schubert, Schumann, Debussy and Ravel. This is no reflection on him; no artist that young knows 'em all." Says Sir Arthur Bliss: "If, like fine wine, he can mature slowly and somewhat secretly, he'll be a great artist. But if he's affected by the immense publicity he's gained, he'll be like many other prizewinners : he'll have...