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...clear as air in the autumn, a vibrant, strong, untrained and thrilling soprano. She wears no makeup and her long black hair hangs like a drapery, parted around her long almond face. In performance she comes on, walks straight to the microphone, and begins to sing. No patter. No show business. She usually wears a sweater and skirt or a simple dress. Occasionally she affects something semi-Oriental that seems to have been hand-sewn out of burlap. The purity of her voice suggests purity of approach. She is only 21 and palpably nubile. But there is little...
...Marxist Patter. Personal power more than principle is what is at stake. To see the conflict as a conservative Benkhedda v. leftist Ben Bella is to make it too simple. Ben Bella's support ranges from conservative ex-Premier Ferhat Abbas to Red-leaning Colonel Houari Boumedienne, former army Chief of Staff, whose firing by Benkhedda in June precipitated the split between the warring chiefs. Benkhedda himself reached power as an activist leftist. Ben Bella's army support comes from the military chiefs in the wilayas, who during the war won a certain amount of autonomy...
...Bella's real political convictions, if any, are hard to determine. His Marxist patter-one-party rule, socialization of agriculture and industry, neutralism in foreign affairs-is not very different from that used by many other Middle Eastern and African leaders. So far there is no evidence that he is a Communist-but he could well become a Communist tool. Like the other neutralists, he is quite willing to accept aid from the West, but wants stronger ties with the Soviet bloc. He has condemned the moderates' desire for cooperation with France. He is also a strong supporter...
...work in a garment-factory loft, but the piggish foreman makes her earn her overtime pay with bodily favors. Her "promotion" is to become a call girl for out-of-town buyers. As the shady manufacturer who employs her, Kenny Delmar is uproariously funny with his seduction pad and patter...
LIVE IT UP! (Johnny Mathis; Columbia). Crooner Mathis, who seems to have laundered much of the teary quaver out of his voice, gives expert and exuberant treatment to some smart and fairly fresh patter-Ace in the Hole, On a Cold and Rainy...