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Theodore Roosevelt rebuffed a congressional attempt to get documents on a federal legal action that had or had not been undertaken against U.S. Steel -and if not, why not. (Lest it seem that nothing changes over the years, T.R.'s partial excuse was that he could not violate a promise of secrecy to an individual, an explanation that in this suspicious age would be hooted down.) Within a month of taking office, John F. Kennedy was tangling with a congressional subcommittee that wanted documents on foreign aid programs for Latin America; after considerable acrimony, the documents were reluctantly...
...noble aspects. To him, the damage done his honor counts for more than the love that prompted it. Only when he works himself into an apoplectic fit over the prospect of disgrace, only when he screams at Nora for scarring his name, when he banishes her from his children lest her wickedness poison them, only then does Nora feel the contempt which had for so long passed for love between them...
...live a night-marish existence, composed of the kind of nightmares based in awkward situations and perpetual uneasiness. Nothing can be more nervewracking for a guest at a dinner party than receiving suggestive little notes from a hostess who also happens to be his respected mentor's wife. Afraid lest he be caught receiving "Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party," a young architect has to resort to the most difficult assortment of social acrobatics in accepting and reading the notes his hostess keeps slipping into his pocket. Their unusual correspondence culminates in a fumbling rendezvous in a closet...
...work around the stables is concentrated in a single four-hour period, and from 6 to 10 a.m. the area sees a constant flow of activity-but activity that is controlled and subdued, conducted quietly, almost noiselessly, lest the high-priced and high-strung animals that are the center of all the attention become frightened...
...after a one-year maternity leave, accepted the challenge. Spurred by Riggs' publicity, the purse for the winner-take-all match at a new tennis-oriented community, San Diego Country Estates, has fattened to $10,000-$5,000 from Riggs and $5,000 from the San Diego promoters. Lest anyone miss the irony, Riggs is the first to note that next Sunday is Mother...