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...director, Clifford Williams, has added his own measure of slapstick humor in the staging. During the mass, for example, Henry cavalierly spills wine on somebody whenever he mentions the Pope's name, and then stuffs the abbot's mouth full of communion wafers, all of which recalls his historical feud with Pope Gregory over the issue of lay investiture. (If you're not well up on eleventh century history, you have to listen especially carefully, since the important facts all come out in quick one-liners near the beginning of the play...
...MEDICINE), the nation's 33rd President died, at 88, from what doctors officially termed "organic failures causing a collapse of the cardiovascular system." Truman had detested Richard Nixon for years after the 1952 campaign, when Nixon implied that Truman might be treasonously soft on Communism, but the feud was since mended. Now Nixon proclaimed a 30-day period of national mourning and praised Truman as "one of the most courageous Presidents in our history" and "a man with guts." Warm tributes from world leaders flowed into Independence, Mo. France's President Georges Pompidou and Great Britain...
...Administration ploy was part of a long feud with the Post, exacerbated in recent months by the paper's relentless pursuit of the Watergate and other political-espionage stories. Reverting to "frontal attacks" after the Horner stories appeared, Presidential Special Counsel Charles W. Colson accused the Post of "McCarthyism" in its use of anti-G.O.P. allegations. Colson described Post Executive Editor Benjamin Bradlee as the "self-appointed leader of a tiny fringe of arrogant elitists." Remarked Bradlee: "I just don't think I'm going to answer that stuff from Mr. Colson." His reaction...
EUROPE'S bitterest family feud, long the focal point of cold war tension, now appears to be at an end. This week East and West Germany formally agreed upon a state treaty to normalize relations between the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic. In addition to being a historic milestone on the road to detente in Central Europe, the treaty provides a timely boost for West Germany's campaigning Chancellor Willy Brandt, who faces an election Nov. 19. As Brandt grandly summed up its effect: "Much will become possible that was unimaginable before yesterday...
...hints in public that she wants to retire. However, no one took her seriously until a week or so ago, when she bluntly told several confidants in the Labor Party that she really is going to step down. One result of this decision has been the intensification of the feud between two of her potential successors: Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, 57, and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon...