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...audience was astounded. Said the representative of one Asian country: "I simply don't believe it." Then, as the U.S. wisely abstained from voting. India's Binay R. Sen, 58, present Ambassador to Japan, was elected with 42 votes. After his election, FAO Chief Sen spoke the kindest words about the U.S. that have fallen from Indian lips in a long time. Said he: "The U.S. withdrawal when vic tory was in sight took great courage and self-denial . . We believe the U.S. has taken note of the growing desire on the part of less developed areas...
Will to Health. Doctors are not sure how hypertension gets started or how it can be cured. In its early stages, it is often ignored. Said one doctor: "The kindest thing to do when one discovers a patient with hypertension but no [obvious] symptoms is to keep the information to oneself." Damage to the overworked heart and degeneration in body cells may eventually follow. Then hypertension is frequently a killer...
...Agustin of all blame with the passing note that he "was motivated by the sole desire to resolve with honor and efficiency the multiple and urgent problems facing his community." From all over Spain, letters of congratulation poured in, but for Don Agustin, onetime mayor of Santisteban, the kindest words of all were spoken by a weather-beaten olive picker in his town. "Don Agustin," said the old man, "at last justice has been done. The people are very happy...
...Matter of Honor. To the Rocket's fans, the sentence was intolerable. The kindest words they had for Campbell were profane assurances that he did not have long to live. The league president got so many threats that it became a matter of honor for him to appear in the Montreal Forum next evening when the Rocketless Canadiens took on the Detroit Red Wings...
Perhaps the kindest comment a reviewer could make about Sam and Bella Spewack's latest comedy is this: It is not up to their usual standards. Festival, however, is more than a disappointment in a season of surprisingly bad comedies, and any playgoer who hopes that it will compensate for assorted Tender Traps and Black-Eyed Susans will soon find that it ranks with the worst of them...