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...clear that the German-born Henry Kissinger [Feb. 7] is the one who is running both the domestic and international affairs of our nation. Here we find a playboy who enjoys and practices the full power of the presidency with no responsibility whatsoever to anyone. Any vote for Richard Nixon is a vote for that hedonist Kissinger to lead our nation to the ultimate bankruptcy...
GLENDON HACKNEY Indianapolis Holden Caulfield Today Sir / Many thanks for Stefan Kanfer's Essay "Holden Today" [Feb. 7]. Yes, Holden Caulfield, the 16-year-old hero of The Catcher in the Rye, is already one of the immortals of American literature...
Publishing companies showed little interest until Ujifusa got the attention of an obscure Boston house called Gambit, Inc., which dropped its spring book list to get the Almanac published. It has become a word-of-mouth bestseller already. In the six weeks before publication date (Feb. 24), 25,000 copies in hard-cover ($12.95) and paperback ($4.95) have already been sold. Apparently there is an audience for political specifics that run the gamut from a district-by-district breakdown of federal spending to a concise catalogue of the nation's top 50 defense contractors and their yearly earnings from...
...Checkers-style speech to his countrymen, the Premier was answering charges that, by taking skillful advantage of French tax laws, he had paid no income taxes whatever between 1966 and 1969 (TIME, Feb. 14). "I obeyed the law applying to everyone," Chaban declared. He supplied no figures, but briefly listed his property, including two houses and two apartments. "Now," said the Premier, "you know as much about it as I do." At times his tone was cutting, occasionally he bordered on rage...
...Show Biz, a dazzlingly assured and completely rounded performer. The Justice Department should investigate her. She is a mini-conglomerate, an entertainment monopoly. In the new movie musical Cabaret, the full range of Liza's singing, dancing and acting talents dominates and steals a rambling and disorganized show (TIME, Feb. 21). As Sally Bowles, she is supposed to be a third-rate singer in a second-rate dive, belting out tunes to pay for schnapps and cigarettes. But as soon as she opens her mouth and begins strutting around the stage, the image?and some of the movie's credibility?...