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...height of the Berlin trouble last fall, 32% told public opinion pollsters that they wanted him in charge; Berlin's tough Mayor Willy Brandt was right behind him with 31%, while popular Economic Minister Ludwig Erhard carried only 6%. Since then, the picture changed, partly because things looked quieter at Berlin-at least for a while. In the latest poll. Erhard-whom der Alte usually treats like an office boy-is now the first choice for Chancellor, with 28%, while Adenauer is down to 22%, Brandt to 21%. Poorest showing is Erich Mende's, with only 1% wanting...
...request from the English wife of a Tan-ganyikan farmer and one of your most ardent readers: Why don't you make Prince Philip your Man of the Year? If you studied his itinerary for the past two years, you would find that in a quieter way than the two Mr. Ks he has worked unceasingly for his country and for humanity in general...
...days of smaller towns and more frugal ways, Christmas was a simpler and a quieter time. In Indiana everyone cut his own tree in the woods and decorated it with strings of popcorn, gingerbread men, chains of red and green paper, and small colored candles (it was a worrisome thing for Father, who planted himself in a nearby chair with a bucket of water at hand). On Christmas Eve the whole town went to church to see the tableaux of the Nativity performed by the Sunday School children, draped in tablecloths, piano covers and nightgowns. Next morning came the presents...
Andy MacElhone admits that the tone of the place has changed: "The present generation is quieter. Americans in Paris are no longer homesick, and young people today are much more serious, even solemn. Perhaps it's the world situation. Today most of the American customers want to talk politics. Twenty years ago, it was the last thing they mentioned...
Carl Sandburg's Poems for Children (Caedmon). Poet Sandburg, in his keening, wonder-struck voice, reads a selection of the short poems that have fueled his public recitations for years. The quieter ones-Buffalo Dusk, Young Sea, Early Moon-are fused with a sense of mystery that any receptive child can feel...