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Sneaking Suspicion. A few weeks ago, Faubus inspired a bill to abolish the A.I.D.C. This was such a transparent hatchet job that even some legislative Democrats rose to defend Rockefeller. Then, one man introduced a bill that would have prohibited any party official-Rockefeller, that is-from sitting on the A.I.D.C. This brought a deluge of angry telegrams and phone calls from all over the state, and Orval Faubus, a pretty shrewd judge of local sentiment, temporarily called off the attack...
Perhaps one mark of the great great poet is the ability to communicate effectively without being literally comprehensible. When Miss Levertov writes, in "Night on Hatchet Cove...
Even Tshombe's erstwhile African allies were re-examining their relations with Leopoldville. First to bury the hatchet was President Fulbert Youlou of the Congo Republic, formerly the French Congo, whose capital city of Brazzaville lies across the river from Leopoldville. Youlou, a nonpracticing Roman Catholic priest who stubbornly continues to wear his cassock, supported Tshombe's secession in 1960. But with Tshombe on the way out, Youlou suddenly sailed across the Stanley Pool to make friends with the Leopoldville crowd. Then, looking like a shorter, soutaned version of Sonny Listen, he took off on a five...
Common English. Neither Britain nor any other European nation had a basic objection to the sight of France and Germany burying the hatchet after generations of enmity. But it seemed a futile gesture at best; the Common Market itself seemed sufficient means to weld the two old foes in common cause. In any case, the treaty, which pledges both governments to cooperation in defense, foreign policy, education and youth affairs, seems more sentimental than serious. Asked what precisely the treaty added to existing Franco-German ties, a top French official said vaguely, "It depends on what develops." Skeptical newsmen joked...
...peace on earth: "I would not attempt to characterize writers of this article or any other." Only once did Kennedy show any sign of irritation. When pressed for his feelings about the Stevenson controversy, and about the press accounts that claimed that he and/or his aides were out to hatchet Adlai, the President snapped: "The fact of the matter is that Governor Stevenson renders very distinguished service. I am surprised that anyone would possibly think that it would be in the interest of the country, the Administration, or the White House that any lessening of his influence would be provided...