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This image, which has received wide circulation, seems always to have rankled Carson and somewhat baffled his associates, past and present. Such diverse hands as Cavett, professional Wild Man Pat McCormick and Writer-Director Marshall Brickman, who all put in typewriter-time at the Carson Stables, speak not only of his considerable editorial skills but of his ease as an employer. If Carson, on camera, suggests simultaneously a verbal glibness and an emotional reserve, that is usually considered Midwestern; it is the same reserve that is the core of his charm and longevity. His audiences derive from Carson not only...
...whenever the entire eight-actor ensemble crowds onto the stage. The performances, though a bit broad for so intimate a space, are clever: Mara Beckerman is just irksome enough as the naive heroine, Alan Brasington swishily grand as her abductor, and Merle Louise, Polly Pen and especially Emcee Michael McCormick polished and persuasive as show-must-go-on troupers. The music hall genre may be dead, but Charlotte Sweet is an amiable, spirited resurrection...
Convinced that he had another safe haven, Wilson left Tripoli a week ago last Monday for Switzerland, carrying a fake Irish passport in the name of Philip McCormick. What Wilson did not know was that U.S. officials had helped arrange his phony papers and that as soon as he stepped off the plane at Zurich he was being shadowed by a pair of federal marshals. He then flew directly to Madrid, where he boarded Iberia International Airlines flight 945 for Santo Domingo...
...marshals' performance last week required both daring and diplomacy. Although top law-enforcement officials in Switzerland and Spain were notified about Wilson's journey, airport officials at Zurich and Madrid were not told the true identity of McCormick. High-ranking Dominican police officials were briefed on the plan, and cooperated fully at the airport. Since Wilson was never officially admitted to the Dominican Republic, he did not need to be extradited. One top U.S. law-enforcement official said of the delicate operation: "If at any time Wilson had turned left instead of right, it would have ruined...
Mildred H. An '84, Karen V. Walker '84, Alvaro Martin '84 and Douglas F. Curtis '84 were selected for Truman Fellowships on the "basis of their past and future commitment to government service." Foundation spokesman Malcolm McCormick said yesterday...