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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Second-Story Man. A massive (6 ft. 4 in., 245 Ibs.), mellow Midwesterner, Mollenhoff displays none of the mulish tenacity in private that characterizes him in public, where he never takes "uh" for an answer. Last March his sniping finally got to McNamara. Angrily, the Defense Secretary asked Mollenhoff to leave a press conference, noting that he had already asked three questions. "You dodged three times," replied the uncowed Mollenhoff. "You seem to dodge everything, Mr. Secretary." Exploded McNamara: "I unfortunately haven't been able to dodge all the rocks you have thrown at me for five years." Three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporters: The Mollenhoff Cocktail | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

...architecture has recourse to Moorish arches of the typical multifoil horseshoe type. In keeping with the mellow glow that permeates the script, Armstrong has used light buff walls with abstract Turkish surface decoration--a gold for Duke Orsino's palace, and in pink and blue for Lady Olivia's house...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: STRATFORD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: II | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

...first show, The Service for Joseph Axminister, written by George Dennison, is a bland serving of existentialism dished out the self-conscious way the man who created the TV Batman would have done it. Alas, despite its mellow content, it will make...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: 'The Service for Joseph Axminster' And 'The Rat's Mass' | 4/18/1966 | See Source »

...compositions both bright and Silvery blue. The title piece of his Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note) is a spunky bit of funk with a samba beat. In Nutville, Bonita and Mo' Jo, Veteran Trombonist J. J. Johnson adds a third horn to the trumpet and sax of the mellow, swinging combo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Apr. 8, 1966 | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

...highway's development was in its preliminary stages, the City did virtually nothing to create and coordinate opposition within other communities affected by the Belt. Just as important, the fact that the Inner Belt has been kicking around for so long--it was first proposed in 1948--has helped mellow opposition...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: The Inner Belt | 3/26/1966 | See Source »

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