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Opponents of the reduction, and some liberals who failed to support it, say that the present Senate two-thirds rule strikes a happy numerical compromise between complete majoritarianism and one-man veto. Why, I wonder, is two-thirds a happier compromise than three-fourths or four-sevenths, or five-eights, or three-fifths? Why, except that it has been sufficient for one hundred years to abort legislation attempting to implement the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments...
...Goldfarb concentrates curlously on the unlovely aspects of life, with "rancid breathing," "plastic flowers," and "alley cans." If, by technique, he made them matter, there would be no quarrel; but alass he doesn't, there are happier things to write about. Other, wiser writers, understanding that there is not enough of language for more than a part of the truth, strike nearer the heart of things...
...your reviewer's "nothing painful, nothing real" about Oliver! [Jan. 11], I would add-thank goodness! When I attend a musical, I want light entertainment, not painful soul searching. After seeing Oliver!, I left the theater pleasantly entertained and in a far better, happier mood than before the performance. Oliver!, in my opinion, was twisted just right...
...like a dog." That's what Mother (Micheline Presle) says, and Mother, one of those cocksure Frenchwomen, means literally what she says. When her daughter (Sandra Dee) gets married, she gives her some bitchy advice: "Husbands often leave home, pets never. And remember, a well-trained pet is happier...
...even offered the customary chance to top it-strongly suggested that local opposition to the city slicker had never really dissolved. "It's a wonderful way out," exulted World-Herald Executive Editor Frederick Ware, after the stockholders' meeting. "I can't think of a happier ending...