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ALTHOUGH SOME lofty literateurs might think that John Marquand deserves a similar sort of treatment, he luckily escapes it. When Marquand graduated from Harvard in 1915 he did not set out to become a starving novelist and it would often seem that the literary world has never forgiven him. Instead he drifted casually onto the staff of the Boston Transcript, then served with the army in the Mexican border conflict and overseas and finally landed in the offices of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. When Marquand was fired from J. Walter Thompson his reason for becoming a writer...
...profile of George McGovern leans too far the other way-it is so uncritical as to seem reverential. Where it does point up what it considers a flaw, such as McGovern's backing of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, it suggests that it can be forgiven as being "politically realistic," an excuse granted to few other subjects. The language of the profile is laced with panegyric phrases like "that kind of humility" and "unassuming preacher-like authority." Those who know McGovern well find him neither humble nor unassuming...
...Nights, he forgives Tenor Franco Corelli his rages and frequent last-minute cancellations because he is "the incarnation of opera." But the late Jussi Bjoerling, who sang with a lyric grace beyond Corelli's comprehension but who annoyed Bing by his grudging attitude toward rehearsals, is not forgiven his sins-"a very irresponsible artist...
...which may be renewed so long as the graduate remains in a low-income situation. Applications for postponement of payment are to be decided on the basis of Federal income tax returns. If any indebtedness remains after 13 years, the graduate may apply to have the loan "forgiven," with all repayment obligation cancelled...
...turned out of office. But now, for the first time in his scar-studded career, he bestrides the American political arena like a colossus. By every sign, omen and pollster's tally sheet, Nixon and his running mate Spiro Agnew have it made. The President may be forgiven a touch of vertigo these days...