Word: pies
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Happy, Not Mighty. Unlike most other new Asian leaders, Abdul Rahman is no rabid nationalist. He has remained on close, friendly terms with the British, has no interest in pie-in-the-sky economic schemes. His political aims are simple: "Food instead of bullets, clothing instead of uniforms, houses instead of barracks.'' His new nation has a combat army of only seven battalions and an air force so small that the pilots often have trouble finding a fourth for bridge. "My ambition is not mighty Malaysia," says Abdul Rahman, "but happy Malaysia...
...premature. Mr. Cohen is accurately down to "brass tacks" in pin-pointing Quebec as the pivotal province in the April 3 Canadian general election. But his analytical blows are less accurate as he moves to his conclusion that "the Social Credit party and the Liberals should slice the Quebec pie alone" and "the Liberals should receive by far the larger "portion" and hence the "Liberals will be reasonably sure of a majority in the twenty-sixth Parliament...
...thing disturbs me (did it disturb the Pudding alumni who sat wonderingly through remarks about current provincialisms like psilocybin pie?) That is Tickle Me Pink's theme of horror. "Don't Let Them Dance" sings a dreary chorus to the badly frightened Hardy: and Act II opens with Hardy's nightmare, in which shadowy figures point accusation at him, and dance around him in hysterical, threatening circles. It is the symbolism of Duerenmatt and not of the Hasty Pudding; why is it here, among the chorus girls, invading the laughing...
With the almost non-existent influence of the Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party, and the limited importance of the Separatists, the Social Credit Party and the Liberals should slice the Quebec pie alone. With the aid of Premier League, Nobel Prizewinner Pearson, and music retailer Dupuis, the Liberals should receive the far larger portion...
...comes. For the entree he eats humble pie. And for dessert he eats crow. A tall, muscular, handsome young man arrives, greets him as the boy he obviously is, walks out with the girl on his arm. "Antoine," the girl's mother asks him gently, "shall we watch television?" In silence the boy turns his chair to face the music...