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...LAOS. A Laotian bonze is likely to remind questioners that for a priest to talk politics violates one of the 227 Theravadan rules of conduct. The constitution stipulates that the King must be a "fervent Buddhist," but fervor in happy-go-lucky Laos covers a multitude of careless religious enthusiasms. Perennial civil war has left Buddhist practice virtually uninvolved, though near the Luang temple, skilled, cigarette-puffing monks cheerfully cast their Buddhas in brass melted down from 37-mm. and 105-mm. artillery cartridges...
...trouble). Half of her fortune is in trust for her two sons, 14 and 5, and her daughter, 11. In the dining room of her home there is a photograph of the Kennedy family, with an inscription from Jackie Kennedy saying: "There is another bond we share. We must remind our children all the time what brave men their fathers were...
...mien of a beardless Santa Claus, right down to his habitual red flannel shirt. He has given so much to the world for so long that he is the U.S.'s best-known artist abroad. His fancies in metal strike many people as toys, but also remind them that toys are made to stimulate the imagination...
...told the American people that he won't be satisfied with just an election-he wants to be crowned. He has asked for a mandate. He wants total trust, total love, total power over your total lives. Somebody, and it's got to be you, should remind Lyndon Johnson just where he lives. This is America. This is not some mythical kingdom conjured up for him to play with." In Cleveland, Goldwater reiterated his position against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "No person," he said, "whether government official or private citizen, should violate the rights of some...
...ardent debater, I think that in the television debates Mr. Salinger had an edge from the start and perfect timing. Mr. Murphy had to be constantly reminded that his time was up. In the question-and-answer period, Murphy was inexcusably rude. The moderator quite fairly had to remind him of this. When Murphy made the generous gesture of offering Salinger time-as he said he "had taken some of [Salinger's]"-it was a grandstand play and left me untouched. P. C. ANTHONY San Diego...