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...Gallant Man. Reagan, by contrast, wowed the crowd. "This is the only capital city I can visit that's in worse shape than our own," he began. "I thought while I'm here, I might get a CIA subsidy." He shifted smoothly into an interpretation of the recent G.O.P. victory. "The people voted 'against' last Nov. 8," he said. "They voted against sharing the fruit of our toil with those who can, but don't work; against the stultifying hand of Government in everything; against the soup-kitchen philosophy...
...entire world will mourn the loss of the three astronauts [Feb. 3]. It is certain that the last thing the three gallant men concerned would wish would be for the space program to be abandoned. The benefits already given to mankind as a result of the space program are indeed tremendous, thanks to the devotion to duty of all concerned. Thank you, U.S.A...
Captain of His Soul. Dirksen's Gallant Men, Stories of the American Adventure, was recorded, appropriately, by Capitol. It has sold so well (around 410,000 copies) that he has declaimed a second disk, scheduled to appear about Easter time, with favorite readings from the Bible and a dramatic recital of W. E. Henley's Invictus ("I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul"). Disk-and TV-wise, however, the fate of the turned-on Senator rests with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), which has politely told him that...
Only a handful of the festival films are nonmusicals, but they too are strictly Celluloid City. In Kitty Foyle, Ginger's apotheosis of the gallant American White Collar Girl won her an Oscar. In Magnificent Doll, she plays Dolley Madison. Forced into a role that is above her head and a script that is beneath her, she utters Dolley's immortal words to the jailed traitor Aaron Burr (David Niven): "I hope all this will make you think, Aaron...
Snoopy for President. They admire consistency, even when it comes in a conservative wrapping such as that of William F. Buckley Jr. or Everett McKinley Dirksen (a sort of "camp" hero to the young for his hypersincere LP, Gallant Men). They deride extremists of all stripes-from Alabama's Wallaces to Mao Tse-tung. Whom would they nominate for President? The latest survey shows Bobby Kennedy and Mark Hatfield trailing Snoopy...