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...senses to the touch of things material," he writes, "so it is logically conceivable that if there be higher spiritual agencies that can directly touch us, the psychological condition of their doing so might be our possession of a subconscious region which alone should yield access to them. The hubbub of the waking life might close a door which in the dreamy Subliminal might remain ajar or open...
Wispy & Whispery. All the hustle and hubbub was about an LP platter called The First Family, starring a young (26) comic named Vaughn Meader, who does a frequently riotous impersonation of Jack Kennedy. Meader's intonation, rhythm and broad Bostonian accent are good enough to fool any Jacqueline. The series of skits that comprise the record also include a wonderfully wispy, whispery impersonation of Jackie herself, played by Naomi Brossart. Most of it is not wit but gags, and the gags are not all top-drawer, though they are greeted as such by one of those irritating studio audiences...
...platform: "We want a free vote!" "Down with the bosses!" "Morgenthau withdraw!" The lights were dimmed repeatedly as the chairman tried to restore order. Finally the voting began, and after two ballots and another near-riot, Bob Morgenthau was the convention's choice. Through all the hubbub, Buckley sat impassively under The Bronx's placard. Said he later: "I didn't hear a thing." That evening, Morgenthau delivered a listless acceptance speech to a hall half filled with dead-weary delegates. He spoke with all the enthusiasm of a Georgia sixth-grader reciting the Emancipation Proclamation...
Adding to the impact of the British hubbub was an Italian law prohibiting tobacco advertising entirely. Though Italy's cynical citizens assumed that the law was meant to protect the cigarettes produced by the state tobacco monopoly against competition from imported cigarettes (whose sales depend much more heavily on advertising), U.S. tobaccomen began to worry lest the U.S. Government take a cue from Britain and Italy. They found scant comfort in news that the U.S. Public Health Service has just decided to set up a panel to study the relationship between smoking and cancer...
Stealing away from the Christmas Eve hubbub to bag a few partridges on the grounds of Madrid's El Pardo palace, Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 69, had fired off some 40 shots when the left barrel of his British Purdey suddenly exploded. "It is a matter of little importance," shrugged the icy-veined old soldier, surveying his bleeding left hand. "Give me a handkerchief to tie it up." The Caudillo seemed unfazed by the fact that had he been sighting along the horizon instead of upward over his head, the explosion might well have caught...