Word: silents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...understandably reluctant to associate itself with colonialism and the French debacle in Algeria. Yet the alternatives to supporting France involve either voting with the Soviet Union against a NATO ally,--in a tragic repetition of Suez--or remaining silent while the General Assembly lessens the chances for a lasting peace in Algeria...
...make much difference. "If this were not a presidential year, I might have a chance," he admitted. "As it is, every four years, about 20,000 extra people crawl out of their Hudson Gothic woodwork up here to vote for William McKinley." From at least one supporter, Vidal prefers silent devotion-"Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has endorsed me, but we don't dare have her appear; the Roosevelt name is still murder up here...
...silent treatment' for Mr. K. is as ridiculous as it sounds," said the Cleveland Press's Louis B. Seltzer, one of several editors polled by Editor & Publisher. Said Milburn P. Akers, editor of the Chicago Sun-Times: "Nothing can be gained in acting after the manner of an ostrich. We should not let Khrushchev score a propaganda victory. Still, the news, if any, should be reported objectively and fully...
Died. Lee Duncan, 67, World War I A.E.F. sergeant, who found a German shepherd dog in a trench in France, brought the animal home, trained him, got him in silent pictures in 1922, and with Rin Tin Tin and four subsequent generations earned over $5,000,000 from cinema and TV; of a heart attack; in Riverside, Calif...
...combine to produce some astonishing effects. In one scene the tenderness and bliss of a whole honeymoon are pressed into a moment when the young husband wakes in the same bed he had used as a bachelor and, listening to his bride as she cheerfully makes breakfast, lifts in silent wonder from beside his pillow one of her fallen hairpins...