Word: impromptu
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...than Johnson, but he is taking no chances, and last week he was campaigning as though he actually feared defeat. He whirled through five New England states on a prop-stopping speaking trip, and the wild crowds nearly tore him apart. Everywhere he went, he halted his motorcade, made impromptu speeches through a hand-held bullhorn, bounded out of his car to press the outstretched hands of crushing mobs. At Providence, R.I., he embraced ex-Senator Theodore Francis Green, now 97, invited him to spend the night at the White House for the inauguration...
...taking his leader-of-all stance, Johnson often sounds almost scriptural with his cadenced sentences and their sprinkling of Biblical quotations. In what appeared to be an impromptu peroration (actually it was the work of Speechwriter Richard Goodwin) to his Detroit speech, he told how as a boy he had often dreamed under "the scattered Texas sky." What he dreamed, he said, was that "the least among us will find contentment, and the best among us will find greatness, and all of us will respect the dignity of the one and admire the achievements of the other. This...
...love Libby!" read the signs, welcoming the V.I.P. to the New York World's Fair just like it was a political convention. Libby who? Well, she is Libby Miller, 20, pretty brunette daughter of the G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee, fresh from San Francisco. After an impromptu confetti parade and roses presented by fellow employees, it was back to work for the Newton (Mass.) College of the Sacred Heart senior, who has a job as an a-week summer guide at the New York State Pavilion. There her pitch begins, "Governor Nelson Rockefeller welcomes you, and invites you to enjoy...
...because he had not been given a fair trial. State authorities wasted no time getting a stay order from the Court of Appeals, but technical difficulties with the necessary arrest order kept Sheppard out of prison. He thanked his lawyer, joined some relatives at a motel, and held an impromptu press conference. Calm and smiling, he said he might like to work for the Peace Corps or a clinic in India. When a reporter remarked that he looked fit, he snapped bitterly: "I understand Dreyfus looked fit when he left Devil's Island...
...actors in Impromptu, consequently, must with some exceptions all have two different characters, must be able to switch back and forth quickly, and must be able to time their lines differently in and out of rehearsal Most of them do this admirably, and Deborah Fortson's production is lively and imaginative...