Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deeply moved by Bert Lahr's death [Dec. 15]. Having directed the late star in Aristophanes' comedy, The Birds, at the Ypsilanti, Mich., festival, I feel obliged to express my sympathy to all of the Americans for the loss of that comic genius...
...Tasteless nonsense," "blatant rubbish," "a great big bore," howled the London critics. Worse yet, many viewers got the feeling that perhaps fame had at last gone to the Beatles' heads. Concluded the Daily Express: "The whole boring saga confirmed a long-held suspicion that the Beatles are four rather pleasant young men who have made so much money that they can apparently afford to be contemptuous of the public." In reply, Paul could only say: "Aren't we entitled to have a flop? Was the film really so bad compared with the rest of the Christmas...
...that total is the budget for the Atomic Energy Commission. While not disputing that items in the public-works section of the bill could be cut, I feel journalistic accuracy should reflect the dual nature of the Public Works and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Bill. You might wish to express your opinion on whether the AEC portion should be cut. HOWARD W. ROBISON Congressman 33rd District, New York Washington...
...propose an additional cut with which I am sure millions of Americans will agree? If the mail service is as poor in other parts of the United States as it is in Albuquerque, I propose cutting the entire budget of the Postal Department and returning to the Pony Express...
Chain-smoking Russian Pamir filter cigarettes, he threw a candlelight dinner for correspondents of the Daily Express, at which he blithely denounced such Western institutions as "the expense-account lunch and the English Channel" He poured vodka, wine and brandy at the Minsk Hotel and "a number of restaurants" for a visiting science correspondent from London's Sunday Times. And, most satisfying of all, Moscow's own Izvestia ran a frontpage interview with him appropriately titled: "Hello, Comrade Philby...