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Reaction to Stigler's remarks was mixed. "I think he was too flippant," said Republican Senator Charles Percy. "He misused the platform he was given." Interviewed on the campaign trail in Casper, Wyo., Reagan did not seem to understand what all the fuss was about. Said he blithely: "He wasn't talking about our program...
...willingness to begin negotiations." Reagan was less guarded. "Do you have any reply to Brezhnev?" a reporter asked. "Not that you'd want to print," the President shot back. But then he added: "I'm kidding. I think we'll be meeting." Reagan's flippant remark, while inappropriate, reflected optimism within the White House that the President's arms-control speech, and Moscow's answer, will defuse domestic antinuclear sentiment and help smooth the way for his forthcoming trip to Western Europe...
...senses these days that the Leverett House Arts Society knows its business. The hallmarks of a growing professionalism are evident from the start: Ushers are casual, handling the doorway crush smoothly, and the programs with their predictably flippant bios and nostalgic senior testimonials evince a comfortable style. The solid walls of the Old Library--one of the few legitimate full-size theaters available to House dramatists--reflect the assurance needed to knit two such diverse shows together and make them work. Small wonder, perhaps, that what happens on stage this weekend echoes such firmness...
...There isn't anything flippant about our offense," says Walsh, although four non-quarterbacks have passed or threatened to pass this year. "We don't have a gifted all-around offense: our longest run is 23 yards on the last play of a half. We have to be resourceful and fully dimensional." And what does fully dimensional mean? "There is basic, rock-solid, block-and-tackle football. Then there is crazy, circus-play, flea-flicker football. We fit somewhere in between...
...1930s and '40s (Night Must Fall, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, They Were Expendable), who went on to become a stage and screen director, a pioneering television producer and, during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the first White House TV adviser; of cancer; in New York City. Flippant comedy roles on Broadway propelled him to Hollywood, where he became president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1935. In 1950 he launched Robert Montgomery Presents, one of TV's first major dramatic series, and kept it going for seven seasons...