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...also lunched with nine Democratic Governors, accepted a keg of 46-year-old brandy from some New York doctors. Said Press Secretary Pierre Salinger: "We'll probably send it to the National Archives to age." Kennedy took in a show given by Caroline's kindergarten class and attended a party thrown by his staff. There he was coaxed into reading a Ted Sorensen-written speech that began: "Twoscore and six years ago, there was brought forth at Brookline, Mass. . . ." At night he and most of the Kennedys, plus such personal friends as Actor David Niven and Florida Senator...
...people have a feeling that they're hemmed in. And when you feel hemmed in. there's always a bursting out." Says School Superintendent Carl Hansen: "There is a seething discontent in this city which is both justified and frightening. We're sitting on a keg of dynamite with the fuse...
...reading the first paragraph of this review, over and over. Can you imagine a book written like this review? The self-indulgent asides, the outrageous similes, the conversational tone--all these become pretty deadening after a while. And by the time Bissell comes out with "a temper like a keg full of rattle-snakes" we know we have had one simile too many. The tolerance limit is 17 pages a day. And only members of Richard Bissell's immediate family are advised to exceed...
Last week, in celebration of his great fortune, Akumu threw a little blast for 40 friends. He broke out the best in the house-a brand-new keg of uncut methyl alcohol, a volatile liquid most often used for boosting aircraft takeoffs. When the party was over, ten of the revelers were permanently blinded. Eight others, including Akumu Onyiego, were dead...
This year's winning House--apparently Leverett will receive the Coop prize of $26 worth of phonograph records. In addition, a keg of beer will be awarded to the solicitors...