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This Henry is a platoon sergeant rather than lord of the realm. It is not only his gawky stance that denies the cleverness and kingliness of Henry V's character, but also his brusquely rushed vocal delivery that seems to mimic Richard Burton's voice without offering any of its sumptuously resonant timbre...
Like an infantry platoon under an artillery bombardment, the power industry has spent most of the past year hunkered down in the trenches as its opponents pounded away with questions and criticism. But now, in a campaign that could well determine the future of nuclear power, pro-nuclear forces are on the offensive. Around the nation, power-company officials at press conferences and on podiums have been presenting figures to show that nuclear energy is more practical than other alternatives to oil. In Washington last week, a parade of executives, engineers and federal officials trooped before a joint congressional committee...
...those who have made it in the automobile and related industries--is the Cranbrook School. At Cranbrook a classroom may have no more than ten students in it. Most of the teachers could hold university positions. Cranbrook is the midwest's answer to Andover and Exeter. Here a platoon of gardeners work on the acres of forest and expenses of green lawn. Most of the entrances are patrolled by security guards. Dotting the landscape are small ponds and lakes, athletic facilities which include a domed tennis building with more than 25 courts, a hockey rink, polo field and colliseum-like...
...Force One touches down at the airport, the half a dozen or so agents aboard alight first and are met at the ramp by a platoon of their colleagues. (The size of a White House detail?always a closely kept secret?varies from occasion to occasion.) The President's limousine, driven by an agent, awaits him at the ramp. The chief of the detail rides next to the driver; the President, usually with an adviser or a local dignitary, sits in back. Directly behind the President's car is the "Queen Mary," an open car with running boards and hand...
Standing stiffly on the flag-draped dais in Mexico City's Olympic Gymnasium was a small platoon of male bigwigs, including United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Mexican President Luis Echeverria and various other officials. Down on the floor, masses of women draped in saris, ao-dais and other colorful garb listened more or less attentively as the men spoke. That strange beginning for a conference on women marked a meeting that is supposed to be the biggest of its kind in history-the centerpiece of the U.N.'s much-ballyhooed, much-disputed International Women's Year...