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Things had indeed gone far. Newly elected Mayor Albert Boutwell, a relative moderate in Birmingham, pleaded for "restraint and peace" until his administration takes effective power. U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said King's group indeed has "just grievances," but that "the timing of the present demonstrations is open to question." Even more questionable, said Bobby, is the use of the youngsters as troops. "Schoolchildren participating in street demonstrations is a dangerous business. An injured, maimed or dead child is a price that none of us can afford...
...stronger the man, the more self-restraint he must exercise," said New York Supreme Court Justice Saul S. Streit, counting out retired Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano, 39, who lost a decision to Gene Schoor, 45, author of the recent biography Young John Kennedy. Schoor claimed he was boffed by the Rock back in 1960, following an argument about a ghostwriting deal, and "my ears have been ringing ever since." Schoor's balm...
...Taste, restraint, and precision characterize She Loves Me, notably in the staging of musical numbers by Carol Haney, a stylist of spoof with the wit to be brief. In a wry ballad of self-castigation, Comedienne Barbara Baxley kisses the pleasures of sex and the single girl goodbye while Jack ("Grand Knowing You") Cassidy is the cat's whiskers dipped in cream as the roue who drove her to ruing. Vitally integrated with the book are the lyrics and music of Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, who have produced a light operatic score in which song follows song...
...demand will be justified only under three conditions: If its methods are the only means of ending job discrimination, if they do not force the company to hire unqualified personnel, and if BAG negotiators use restraint and flexibility in demanding quotas...
...warned, moreover, that beneath the patience that characterizes Russian foreign policy there is a "constant probing for opportunities to expand Soviet power wherever it can be done without excessive risk." The West, therefore, can count upon Soviet moderation and restraint "only to the extent that it is absolutely clear in keeping the Soviets informed about where caution must be observed." "This in turn," he said in passing, "requires Western leaders to be absolutely clear in their own minds as to the boundaries of Western interests...