Word: epitaphed
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...those who cared, which did not seem to be many, the epitaph to the U.S. bombing of Cambodia was audible over ordinary radios in Phnom-Penh. As the last curl of smoke disappeared and the final whine of the aircraft faded, a U.S. command plane could be heard talking with its spotter planes and jet fighter-bombers on a regular VHP frequency. "It's really been good working with you," a voice crackled. "Yeah," went the reply. "See you in the next war." Then came the muffled sound of a harmonica playing Turkey in the Straw, followed by silence...
With more than a touch of bitter resignation, Treasury Secretary George Shultz last week thus delivered the epitaph for the Administration's five-month-old attempt to control inflation on the honor system, of which he was the chief ideologue. An hour later, in a nationwide TV speech, President Nixon did indeed move on-with the second freeze since August 1971. He imposed a halt on increases in prices-but not in paychecks-for up to 60 days...
...RECENT COMMENT by Henry Kissinger might serve as an apt epitaph for an aborted debate: Should Nixon's policy advisor be permitted to return to Harvard...
...Sartre pupils on the other." But except for the novels of Michel Butor and Claude Simon, whom he considers the most talented exponents of the nouveau roman, the "new novel" that is no longer very new, he is unimpressed with French belles-lettres. "One can already find an epitaph for the new novel-'too boring...
...people spinning on the charred cinders of this planet who may be saying to themselves: "Look, the abyss over which you lean is yourself. The pain you feel is just as unendurable as you think it is. The jokes you make as a fencer against fate merely underline your epitaph." If so, the playwright may count his luck as equal to his talent, for one can scarcely imagine more gifted and sensitive actors than David Clennon and Bella Jarrett for conveying his purpose and his vision...