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...omits Fitzgerald's much talked about affair with syndicated columnist Sheilah Graham, along with the rest of his non-working life. By "valuing things rather than caring about them," a habit which Fitzgerald said is typical of Americans, Dardis limits the scope and interest of his book. The numbers loom large and impressive while the figure of Fitzgerald casts practically no shadow...
...foot off the ground, the rowdies, the late-night wonks, the perennial socialites have surrendered to fatigue and gone to bed. Listen and look closer. Strains of a cut from Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" hit you. Follow them to their source, where, on the fourth floor of "C" entry loom two shadows illuminated by the last drops of the midnight...
While inflation has been tamped to just over 6%, unemployment is still high (7.2%), and new economic problems loom. The rate of new direct foreign investment in Canada has dropped almost to zero. With its current account deficit now over $5 billion, the country may also be approaching a balance of payments crisis...
...week's events seemed startling in their sudden finality. July 2 declared the fact of separation. In another two days, on July 4, the Congress endorsed an extraordinary document, a Declaration that stated the Colonies' numerous reasons for leaving the imperial embrace. That date and that document may eventually loom larger in the American mind than what happened on July 2, for the Declaration, written by Jefferson, endows the revolt with a philosophical foundation and justification...
...JIMMY CARTER'S bandwagon hits bumpy terrain, the 86 delegates Chicago's Mayor Daley holds in the name of Illinois Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson '52 begin to look increasingly significant. The vision of taking all those delegates in one fell swoop by choosing Stevenson as his running mate, must loom very large in Carter's mind as he creeps towards the 1505 votes needed to nominate...