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...deplore the freewheeling approach toward arms sales that the Administration has taken. This vision of realpolitik looks too much like a fool's politik, and the U.S. is setting itself up for disaster. If we do not get duped to the tune of $8.5 billion, we still stand a strong chance of watching a huge amount of sophisticated and lethal hardware end up in hostile hands. Obviously, America will be dealing in arms with its allies and those it wishes to be its allies for some time. But the imprudence of the Reagans and the Weinbergers must...
Buzzwords were back in action at the city council meeting last week. But Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55 couldn't fool anyone with his substitution of "adjustment" for over-ride or bypass. The council is currently contemplating a popular referendum that would allow the city relief from continued budget reductions due to Proposition 2 1/2, and the councilors are understandably concerned that voters may be reluctant to throw away future tax cuts. Apparently Duehay feels an "adjustment" will be easier for the voters to approve than an "over-ride." Thursday night, however, his linguistic gymnastics prompted loud chuckles from most...
...fact, written about it with appalling accuracy for Harper's magazine and caused a flap. The dean has also been criticized for his role in the arrest of two blacks accused of murder. Corde has been called a racist, a traitor to his home town and a fool. His boss is miffed at the publicity caused by his magazine piece, and his boyhood friend Dewey Spangler, now a famous columnist and "princely communicator," complains that Corde put too much poetry into Chicago...
Katharine Hepburn, 72, actress, panning promiscuity: "If we roll around with any old fool, we finally become cheap housing...
...dazzling elegance in Theoni V. Aldredge's costumes, and a young belter named Jennifer Holliday can start, stop and steal a show. (See above.) The Dresser. Paul Rogers plays a decrepit provincial Shakespearean actor-manager; Tom Courtenay, his valet. In double image, they are Lear and his Fool-and both are magnificent...