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...Loyalty and courage were the traits he admired most and exhibited himself," Kennedy says. "He showed that in his love and devotion to his family and his support for his friends and teammates--even if it meant playing when he had badly injured...
...assassination not only ended a promisingpolitical career, it meant the loss of a father to11 children...
Jessica Tandy wins a Tony for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams' drama. Along with winning a Pulitzer Prize for best drama, Williams' play included Marlon Brando, whose performance caused Life to comment that his "deeply meant acting and oddly compelling way of speaking showed that he was an actor of real stature." Brando's sister, Jocelyn, also graced Broadway, starring in Mister Roberts. Other Tony winners include Paul Kelly for his role in Command Decision, Basil Rathbone for The Heiress and Judith Anderson for Medea...
Clinton's China policy was largely inherited from George Bush. In 1989, as part of a sanctions package meant to punish Beijing for the massacre of students in Tiananmen Square, Senator Al Gore sponsored legislation barring U.S.-made satellites from being launched on Chinese rockets--unless the President declared such a launch to be in the national interest. Under pressure from American corporations desperate to get their satellites into orbit, Bush issued nine such waivers between 1989 and 1992--and Gore denounced him as "an incurable patsy." But after Clinton was elected President, he came under the same pressure from...
...British call it "taxi wit," which may prove that the French think faster than the Brits.) This debased muttering is directed at salesclerks, ticket-writing cops and even would-be muggers: "You know, son, when I was in Nam .." Talking to oneself is inherently a private act, not meant to be shared, and as such it may be a safety valve for venting the mind's little gases and toxins. Best done silently and/or alone, Emily Post would advise...