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Fragmentary as they are, however, the Diaries add new insight to the character of the tough, purposeful Government servant whom Washington remembers-the middleweight of the broken nose, the level gaze, the straight-lined lips and few words. James Forrestal was a man whose mind never put down the burden of responsibility for U.S. military security. His inner conflict was between his intense loyalty to his chiefs and his equally intense concern for the safety of his country. When politics or expediency dictated policies that violated Forrestal's calculations of military necessities, he kept his worries within the official...
...played her game," mused Novelist Bory for the Paris Franc-Tireur. "We will never know if she was admirable or criminal. . . For me, discovering my heroine far along a path down which I would never have wished to lead her, I cannot forget the limpidness, the coolness of that gaze which I saw as green...
...Soviet soldier cuts an ominous figure in his red-starred uniform and high black boots. Often columns of them, with the iron tops of their boots clicking rhythmically against the sidewalk, pass by. They keep their gaze straight ahead, and their faces deadpanned. Occasionally, some 19 year-old in the platoon sneaks a glance at the customers in a sidewalk cafe to catch their reaction. Most of the patrons feign unconcern...
This would be annoying enough to Harry Truman. But what fixed the fascinated gaze of political observers was a cloud on the political horizon no bigger than the hand of little Jacob Arvey, Illinois Democratic boss. Appearing on a TV program with Douglas, Arvey dutifully stated that the Illinois delegation at the National Convention would support Mr. Truman if he chose to run. If not, said Arvey, "there are a great many people who . . . look on Senator Douglas as a presidential candidate." When Douglas once more disavowed any such ambitions, Arvey mentioned his liking for Ike Eisenhower, whom Arvey backed...
...harmless-looking sort-he had the severe mouth, high forehead and martyred gaze of a divinity student; he was nearsighted, and wore rimless spectacles. No cop bothered him as he wandered toward the Washington Monument in the national capital one evening last week, with a .38 revolver and a roll of adhesive tape in his pocket. Though it was still light, he ducked, unnoticed, into the front seat of a parked sedan...