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Truman Capote's stage adaptation of his novel, The Grass Harp, is a curious fusion of poetic sensitivity and imperfect theatrical technique. Clearly, Mr. Capote was hampered at the outset by the limited number of ways in which one can write a play. He had a quixotic plot and a tragic theme to work with, and inexplicably be chose straight comedy for his dramatic medium. Regrettably his continual resort to stock comic artifices detracts greatly from the important thematic development of the play...
...develop high-profit specialty products such as precooked ham loaf, meat spreads and sausages. Willkie also advised a streamlined administration, a big research program, improved sanitation controls and a heavy advertising campaign. The old guard objected to many of Willkie's expensive ideas. Says Willkie: "From the very outset, I [was] blocked and interfered with by the Sinclair family and its palace guard installed in key positions...
Uranium for Bombs. From the outset, Canada was a close partner with the U.S. in the atomic-bomb program. Howe took over the subArctic Eldorado mine and stepped up its output to provide uranium for the first bombs. His production skill and quick thinking won him high regard in Washington, even though he was a notably tough bargainer for Canada. "What a quarterback C. D. Howe would have made," said F.D.R. "If one play fails, he always has another one up his sleeve...
...below). He has made it clear that he does not aspire to the prime ministry. When Mackenzie King was ready to retire in 1948, several of Howe's friends tried to talk him into making a bid for the job. Howe turned them down, and from the outset supported Louis St. Laurent for the post. St. Laurent, in turn, made it a condition of his own acceptance that Howe stay on to handle the business side of the government. Today, St. Laurent and Howe work as a smooth team, with St. Laurent in the role of the suave chairman...
...Elis chose the latter method and met with some success at the outset. The game fell apart when the tailback started to heave regularly to ends of the calibre of John Emery. Frank McPhee, and Len Lyons, all of whom seem to be able to steal any ball thrown within ten yards of them...