Word: manneredness
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The first essay in his most recent book, In the Light of History, consisted basically of what he said a year ago. In both he discussed the development of an intellectual apparatus paralleling the developing bourgeoisie that littered the 18th century English countryside. Plumb is currently the foremost historian of...
Veteran Gaullist Olivier Guichard, 52, a baron and longtime Pompidou protége, could be in line for Messmer's job. Schumann's spot at the Quay d'Orsay could go to his smooth-mannered deputy, André Bettencourt, 53, who was named Acting Foreign Minister last...
The new Prime Minister will be Liam Cosgrave, 52, leader of the Fine Gael and a Minister in two previous governments. The mild-mannered son of the first head of government of the Irish Free State, Cosgrave, in the words of one independent politician, "has one of the cleanest pairs...
For all the problems and confusion surrounding it, the second dollar devaluation seems to have been inevitable. The credit for recognizing that fact and meeting it head-on belongs largely to George Pratt Shultz, the mild-mannered but steely-minded professor (see box next page) who plays as dominant a...
Died. Wally Cox, 48, who made bespectacled, reedy-voiced timidity a profitable virtue as TV's Mr. Peepers; of an apparent heart attack; in Bel Air, Calif. After a short career as a nightclub comic and Broadway actor, Cox found stardom when his portrayal of the bungling, mild-mannered...