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...humor of George S. Kaufman was very much in that laconic, debunking vein. In fact, Kaufman, a lanky ribbon salesman from Pittsburgh who became the most successful Broadway playwright of his time, attended costume balls as the 16th President. In later years, possibly touchy about being mistaken for Raymond Massey, he remarked that the actor would not be satisfied until he was assassinated...
...depressed prices because of an excess supply of products, Carbide is searching for new "convenience technology" products to increase profits. Last year the company earned $158 million on $3 billion in revenues, or 15% less earnings than in 1969. Now Carbide is having great success with Seed Tape, a ribbon of poly-oxide plastic containing seeds. Using a tractor mounted with a reel of tape, a farmer can plant a crop uniformly. The seeds are evenly spaced, and the tape dissolves when sprayed with water. This eliminates the costly problem of uneven planting, which often causes crops to mature...
...later became an absolute fetish in American painting, the "problem" of filling the picture plane. In fact he strove to destroy the illusion of a unified, comprehensible surface, which representational art had gained by means of perspective and which Cubism achieved through its multiplicity of facets. The forms of Ribbon with Squares, No. 731, 1944, simply hover in an illimitable field of color, whose depth cannot be guessed; they evoke what Kandinsky called "floating sensations," whose only concern is with thrust and counterthrust, disembodied, in free fall...
...believe that one great step toward such health, Mr. Chairman, would be the creation of a blue-ribbon bipartisan national commission to reflect upon this quarter-century tragedy and to distill its lessons for the future. I have in mind the creation, by the President or, if necessary, by the Congress, of a National Commission on the Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the Indochina War. Such a proposal is not new. But it seems to me more imperative than ever that we make every effort to move from recrimination to reflection and understanding. I would hope that such a Commission...
Last week was typical for the candidate and his wife, as they each crisscrossed Ohio, their paths never intersecting. Eleanor visited a nursing home, cut the ribbon for a new campaign headquarters, spoke with young campaign workers and gave rousing talks to win over party stalwarts. The towns rolled by-Ashtabula, Painesville, Warren-and at each stop she made short, cogent speeches of her own devising and in her thoroughly professional style. She stands cool and poised before crowds and speaks in smooth sentences, with none of the fumbling "and-uhs" of an amateur. She looks her audiences squarely...