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...luncheon-table jollity was typical of the successive Gromyko-Rusk meetings so far, described by one participant as "perfectly genial, perfectly agreeable." Behind the geniality, of course, was the deadly serious purpose of finding out whether a Berlin compromise is possible. The seriousness was acknowledged by Gromyko. who has developed into an inveterate knee-tapper, prodding his own and his opponents' knees with a blunt finger for emphasis; although Gromyko speaks English reasonably well, he insisted on conducting the Rusk negotiations in Russian through an interpreter to make sure that no word was lost or misunderstood. And indeed much...
...Here he was stopped by Judge Goldberg an old man tart towards lawyers, genial towards witnesses, and given to aphorisms like: "One should have an opinion without thinking about it." The Judge wanted to know did purity mean simply faithfulness of literary reproduction? Or did religion mean simply spontaneity? Discussion followed, but the questions are still very much unanswered, in this trial, at least...
...table around which Producer Performer David Susskind assembles his Open End panelists each week is always amply stocked with refreshments-for Susskind is a genial host who wants everybody to be relaxed. Sometimes, indeed, the guests have become too relaxed. There was the memorable evening last winter when the London Observer's Patrick O'Donovan dissolved in an Irish mist; he caused such a stir with his groans, hiccups and toasts that Susskind had him removed from view during a hasty message from the sponsor. Then there was the night when good old reliable Brendan Behan cut loose...
...another, genial Prince Norodom Sihanouk has been boss of the green rice fields, blue lakes, brown, winding rivers of his native land ever since Cambodia got its independence from France in 1953. After 16 months as King of independent Cambodia, Sihanouk abdicated because "the true face of the people was hidden from me." He has been six times Premier and has six times resigned. Now, Prince Sihanouk is known as the Head of State, as a result of last year's national referendum in which he captured 99.97% of the votes...
Good Loser. Genial in defeat (he quickly made friends with three blondes in Zurich), Boun Oum might have given away still more points had not the Bolder Grand told the princes that they would have to get out to make room for tourists. That shifted the scene once again to the 14-nation conference on Laos in Geneva, where prospects were no more encouraging. The argument was mostly about helicopters (did or did not the I.C.C. need them to police the cease-fire?). Publicly, the U.S. promised to pull out its 300 military advisers from Laos if North Viet...