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...wants a majority of the 58 United Nations to record themselves in favor of the U.S. plan. Departing for Paris with the high fervor of Crusaders, the State Department atomic team did not expect Russia, to abate its intransigence by one jot or tittle, simply counted on the moral value of a majority vote against Russia in the Assembly...
...system, like one invented by a Hollander in 1940, uses numbers to identify words in different languages with the same meanings. To do business with an Eskimo, an Iranian rug dealer would trot out his Persian number-dictionary, look up the numbers for the words in his mind, and jot them down. Receiving this coded message, the Eskimo customer would simply consult his Eskimauan number-dictionary...
...Boston's jot-propelled lambs," chortled the second propaganda missle. To back this up, the trio whipped off their jackets, rolled up their sleeves, and lunged onto the floor...
Nonetheless, O'Neill is one of the finest theatrical craftsmen of his day, and Electra has a gnashing vitality. The cinemadaption is, as Playwright O'Neill himself concedes, "magnificent." The rough edges of the incestuous theme have been ground smooth in the dialogue without losing a jot of theatrical shock. The Grecian mood, though it echoes rather tinnily through the New England characters, reverberates grandly on the super-loud sound track, in what O'Neill calls the "sumptuous simplicity" of the Mannon mansion, in the classic drape of the costumes, in the still, pure lighting...
Every weekend before the last game of the season Harry, joined by Jayvee coach Chief Boston or Varsity line tutor Hal Kopp, boards a train for other stadiums to jot down plays used by future Crimson opponents. Every weekend except this one before the Eli battle, that is, Tomorrow Harry will be accompanied by not only the above mentioned two but also by Freshman mentor Henry Lamar. "Four men can chart even the emotions of Howie Odell," Jacunski says...