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Conceivably, the Kennedy bill might render officials even less communicative and more secretive, inhibited and legalistically subtle, more adept at what Carlyle called "the talent of lying in a way that cannot be laid hold of." Where virtue and veracity are concerned, it might be shrewder to make a sunny presumption of innocence and rely on the American people's proven talent for discerning, sooner or later, that they are being lied...
...more the Oriental theater provides a traditional counterpart. In the Kabuki theater of Japan not only is it obligatory to have a group of geza of musicians, just off stage, to simulate conventional sounds on a host of percussion instruments, but there are also special stagehands, called Kurogo, who render all manner of assistance to the actors in full view of the audience. These Kurogo are dressed and veiled in black, to indicate that we are to pretend they are invisible...
...spirits of B. Traven, Garcia Lorca and-unhappily -Ernest Hemingway. It is in echoing Papa's Spanish style that the novelist makes his largest error. For to use "for" on almost every page is to bring a monotony to a highly charged work. For an author does not render Mexican into English that way. An occasional omission or a "because" works wonders. Because unlike J.P., Claremon, 32, displays far too much talent to follow the ancient ways...
Though Hersey himself does not render the verdict, his meticulous accounting supports the impression of other President watchers: the Ford White House, for all its genuine warmth, ease and candor, is somehow lacking in ideas and depth. Ford emerges as a decent caretaker, bent on restoration but not renovation of a fine house that had lately fallen into bad hands...
...Since the October war, Syria has been rearmed by the Soviets even beyond its prewar strength, at a cost of $2 billion. Predictably, the result has been to bring Syria closer to the Soviet orbit and render it the most belligerent of the Arab confrontation countries...