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...sprawling Villa Tremolo, where he keeps his women (among them such Bergman favorites as Eva Dahlbeck, Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson), Maestro Felix is heard but seldom seen. The women are the issue, for the artist's playthings, like his public, adore him, scorn him, help him, hinder him, pay him all the tributes that mediocrity pays to genius-and when he is gone, they quickly find another genius to take his place...
...Romance poses problems in production as well; it has two marked shifts in tone, skims blithely through time, and in the last act brings Hermione back from the dead. But such things hinder the Summer School Players only slightly. Under the direction of Paul Schmidt they present a Winter's Tale which manages the seasonal shifts and emotional polarities with general grace and case...
...wants to hinder the course of justice, but must it run amok?" The language of Hamburg's Welt am Sonntag was inordinately strong, but then the German press and public had taken an inordinately long time to get upset. The cause of the outcry was an old German legal custom called Untersuchungshaft (investigative arrest), which has its roots in Roman law and allows a prosecutor to jail a mere suspect for years-so long as he can convince a judge that the man might flee the country or tamper with evidence and witnesses...
Besides causing difficulties for Ambassador Lodge, his candidacy is a source of uneasiness for the Vietnamese. Reports from Saigon indicate that the regime of General Khanh is uncertain whether it will be negotiating with Lodge or another ambassador. Such unsureness can only hinder the stability and effectiveness of the new, reform government. Moreover, regardless of how he fares in Oregon, Lodge will almost certainly return for the California primary on the basis of his showing in New Hampshire. Any ambassadorial shift should occur now; this is the time for a new man in Saigon to develop a stable relationship with...
...emphasized, however, that even removing the polonium would not hinder the non-cancer effects of smoking mentioned in the recent government report, such as increased heart disease and bronchitis...