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This time, instead of overt defiance, the liberals concentrated on tactical victories and "a moderate, measured show of strength," as Slonimski put it. The large Warsaw chapter of the union voted down most of the government slate of potential delegates, and sent a more independent and distinguished group to Lodz. At the convention, a total of seven liberals-including Zbigniew Herbert, Poland's leading lyric poet-were elected to the 24-man executive committee that had previously been composed entirely of conservatives. Jerzy Putrament, who for 20 years has been the party's politruk, or watchdog, within...
...First Amendment protects the press from overt Government intervention, and journalists enjoy rigorous self-criticism about as much as other mortals. Who then should systematically keep the news media honest? One proposed answer is press councils-voluntary bodies with both press and public representation that would hear specific complaints and judge them. Last year the Minnesota Press Association organized the first statewide council in the country. That body last week made its first finding, one that went against the press, and was accepted with good grace...
...this play, the philandering Pontagnac (Peter Donat) has tracked Lucienne (Roberta Maxwell) to her home. She is shocked by his overt proposition, and he is chagrined to encounter her husband Vatelin (Richard Curnock), who happens to be an old friend. Shock and chagrin are three-quarters of the emotions in a Feydeau farce. Lucienne soon meets Mme. Pontagnac (Tudi Wiggins), and the two make a compact that if either woman is betrayed by her husband, she will make him a cuckold in revenge...
...walking." The schedule went without a hitch, thanks to the planning of Advance Man Sid Davidoff, who had run into initial hostility in Miami. He had been kicked out of his hotel for walking his dog Horse in the lobby and by the pool. The only overt sign of anti-Lindsay sentiment was a quarter-page ad taken in the Miami News by some Forest Hills. N.Y., residents who are up in arms over a low-income housing project that is being built in their neighborhood. Warned the ad: "Don't let those penetrating blue eyes and polished acting...
...Shirley Chisholm, whose personality is far more electrifying than any other candidate's, is unlikely to get the kind of money or delegate support needed to be elected president. Not only do Democratic Party leaders doubt the political viability of a black national candidate, Ms. Chisholm must face the overt anti-feminism of male and female voters alike...