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...goose destined for pâté de foie gras. Both are force-fed; both die sluggishly for the sake of a few rich morsels. Michel Tournier's The Ogre is engorged with ideas, which is one reason why it waddled off with France's 1970 Prix Goncourt. With unanimous praise from the critics ("The most important book to come out in France since Proust," said Janet Planner), the novel became a bestseller. It is not too difficult to see why. Its setting is World War II and with existentialism temporarily mined out. M. Tournier proves a clever...
L.B.J.'s congressional reputation, on the other hand, shadowed everything he did in the White House. The press recorded his achievements with "dutiful appreciation," writes McPherson, "but as Grand Prix drivers might appreciate a good tractor." He goes on to cite a typical but unfamiliar example of Johnson cultivating his political spinach. L.B.J. once asked a well-known black leader what he was going to tell the press after his visit to the White House. "Just that we talked over some problems of mutual concern," was the answer. "You can't do that," said the President, worried that...
...from its Murphy-bed-like perch on the side of the lunar module, and then take off on a brief spin, ranging as far west as two small craters that they have named Spook and Flag. Young will put the rover through a driving test that includes "Grand Prix maneuvers" to determine the capabilities of the vehicle before returning to Orion to end the first seven-hour...
...Saturday, at 5:19 p.m., E.S.T., Young and Duke will make their third and final lunar tour. The excursion will take them northward as far as a large feature called Smoky Mountain. Although this trip, too, will be largely devoted to geological investigation, it will also include another "Grand Prix" to discover any changes in the rover's performance after the three-day stay on the moon. Their lunar work done, Young and Duke will then pack up for the night. Next day they will lift off from the moon's surface, rendezvous with Mattingly aboard Casper...
...oglers and the ogled. There were plenty of oldtime international set pieces-Paulette Goddard flashing rubies and diamonds, Hope Hampton flashing silver sequins, Aristotle Onassis flashing Jacqueline. But there were signs, too, that the times they are achanging. A disk jockey has replaced the orchestra. Dinner is a prix fixe $8.50-less than the average tip in the Elmo's of the '30s and '40s-for the new El Morocco is a private, nonprofit club (initiation fee $500, dues $200). When somebody proposed a toast to Elmo's late founder John Perona, at least one young...