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...days there was near-bedlam in the Georgescus' big, well-appointed New York apartment; the living room was banked with flowers sent by well-wishers, the telephone rang and rang, letters and telegrams poured in from all over the country. Father, mother and sons were whisked from one radio and TV station to another for guest appearances. None of them seemed to mind. The boys were amazed and delighted by New York: "So organized, so civilized." The parents were amazed and delighted by their big handsome sons...
...strangely dissonant and have been described as both "Savagely primitive" and "godawful." Since few players know the original music, they must resort to improvising. This is especially difficult since, according to the terms of the gift, the bells must be played in the Russian manner. When the monks rang them, they kept the largest bell swinging continually, its deep bass forming a background for the rest of the weird chorus. Operators claim that once the big bell get going, they are unable to hear anything else...
...book: Ribbentrop. Who was responsible for the war? "I must lay the blame on one man: Von Ribbentrop, who gave Hitler irresponsible advice." What's more, says Kesselring, Hermann Göring agreed. On the day Hitler announced Sept. 1, 1939 as X-day. Göring rang up Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and bawled into the phone: "Now you've got your war. It's all your doing...
...nearly midnight when a fast-moving, youthful figure muffled in a trench coat bounced up the steps and rang the doorbell at Joe McCarthy's brightly lighted house on Capitol Hill. The door opened to admit Roy Cohn, 27, the chief counsel of McCarthy's Permanent Senate Subcommittee on Investigations. A few moments later, Cohn emerged with McCarthy, and the two talked in low tones as they walked Joe's five-month-old Doberman pinscher up and down C Street...
Meeting No. 10. The last of the week's series, Meeting No. 10, was a press conference in Joe McCarthy's office, assembled as the Stevens statement hit the wires. The phone rang. A newsman took down the Stevens text and read it to McCarthy, who uttered a dirty phrase. Stevens had landed a punch with the use of the word "browbeaten." McCarthy, who usually reacts at once, lapsed into two minutes of silence. When he spoke, it was slowly and deliberately: "I've very carefully explained to the Secretary that he is the Secretary...