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WHEN the bombing-halt negotiations neared the final stage, Washington officials categorically refused to give interviews and, in some cases, even to take phone calls. For that matter, all but a select few had no firsthand knowledge of the frenetic, hyper-secret maneuverings. Said one participant: "Fewer men are fully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Keeping the Secret | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

This shrinking effect--the way the book diminishes in memory--is the fault of Wolfe's own style. Fun to read, it is still frenetic, hopped up with exclamations, interjections aplenty. It is a hey-look-no-hands way of writing. No character can come to life in this style...

Author: By Jay Cantor, | Title: The Electric Kool' Aid Acid Test | 10/19/1968 | See Source »

The actors rush into the play at a disturbingly frenetic rate. But they manage to slow down, with the lead of the earthy, almost scandalously irreverent Dorine (Marcelle Ranson). Miss Ranson along with the easily swayed, emotionally extravagant and insecure Orgon (Gaston Vacchia) and the very slimy Tartuffe (Yves Gasc...

Author: By Kerry Gruson, | Title: Tartuffe | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

No major figure has exploited the issue more assiduously or effectively than Alabama's George Wallace, who has made startling headway among U.S. voters as a result. Though Richard Nixon airily skirted the issue last week when he was asked to comment on the confrontation between police and protesters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: RISING VOICE OF THE RIGHT | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

PROMISES, PROMISES, by Neil Simon (The Odd Couple). Starring Jerry Orbach, the frenetic schnook from Scuba Duba. Directed by Robert Moore, who staged the off-Broadway hit The Boys in the Band. Stage version of the movie The Apartment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The New Broadway Season | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

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