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...contrast, Hayakawa frequently admits he does not know the answers to questions that are put to him-and does not care. Asked about a California ballot proposition to legalize greyhound racing, Hayakawa snapped: "I don't give a good goddam about greyhounds. I can't think of anything that interests me less." He told another audience: "U.S. Senators don't know everything. For every damn Senator, there are 57 subjects they don't know a damn thing about." Such political humanizing goes down well, but it may have its limitations. The Tunney camp is confident that...
...same age and time with such different political and social views from my own." Denying any personal attacks on Hellman, Trilling cited Scoundrel Time in her manuscript as an example of "diminishing intellectual force" in the community. "I know what the hell's in the goddam manuscript," commented Little, Brown Editor in Chief Roger Donald, indicating that other passages were even more critical. As for Hellman? "I find it very painful," she said, "that two old friends who don't have to agree politically, but who like each other personally, ever came to this point...
...shouts "Let go, let it all out!" For the first time, some of the men lose control, including the dapper Mr. Cool, now convulsed and flailing his limbs. The crescendo comes when Ron directs attention to our diaphragms. Deafening whoops of pain, and some of pleasure. "We became a goddam mob," one disillusioned estie says afterward...
...Gardner and Mia Farrow, has promised he will soon be getting to the church on time with Barbara Marx, in her forties, a former Las Vegas showgirl, model and ex-wife of the Marx Brothers' Zeppo. "Yes, it's true, but it's nobody's goddam business," grumped Frank last week, suggesting that he had had high hopes of keeping his proposal a secret. But after dating Barbara for four years, he should have expected that his intentions would be suspect...
...taking over the 250,000-member U.M.W. Taking advantage of Miller's inexperience-and reluctance to use a gavel in meetings-his rivals turn board sessions into parliamentary pandemonium, quarreling, shouting and, during a recent budget debate, nearly coming to blows with Miller supporters. "The meetings are a goddam circus," says Miller...