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...wondering what the stock market would do next.* But, as it does at many Bobby-and-Ethel parties, the 40-ft. by 16-ft. swimming pool took over. As a kind of gimmick, Ethel had thrown a 2-ft.-wide bridge across the width of the pool. Upon it, smack in the middle, were a table and two chairs. At one moment, Ethel was sitting there with John Glenn. Then Glenn was sitting there alone-while Ethel was floundering about in the water, bright red evening gown and all. Later, no one seemed quite able (or willing) to remember...
...merely serve as convenient targets for the Reds. Says Harkins: "You cannot put the whole country in strategic hamlets." If the country-wide strategy of "clean-and-hold" is to succeed, says Harkins. the Vietnamese army must take a far more aggressive role. U.S. helicopters enable troops to land smack in the middle of Viet Cong headquarters deep in the jungles or on marshy islands. The Vietnamese high command is now listening to a U.S. veteran of Merrill's Marauders who argues for "deep penetration" battalions able to exist for weeks on end in mountains and forest. The Viet...
Daniel Eigerman leads the return to competence with the opening chapter of his unpublished novel, Heartboy. Eigerman writes smooth, rhythmic sentences; he had a flair for dialogue that builds his characters and has begun a tale that promises to be intriguing. Quite pleasantly, Heartboy does not smack of self-analysis; Eigerman has a story to tell and he tells it, without any unneeded verbiage or Angst...
...Town. Last week Gruen got his chance to show the country what a determined city can do. Unveiled in Rochester. N.Y. (pop. 316,000), was his Midtown Plaza, a seven-acre. $30 million shopping center smack in the middle of town. Built without federal financial aid. Midtown is a self-contained complex made up by closing off a whole street, and shortening others and using the space to create a system of arcades and malls. Gruen has covered the sunlit mall with a handsomely structured louvered ceiling and has air-conditioned the whole area. Surrounding this central area are about...
...most part, Mr. Willman turn in fine performances. Mr. Aubrey starts out fine, but since he only has one expression and one tone of voice, you get sick of him, and by the end of the play you would give the price of an orchestra seat to smack him in the face. Louise Latham is terrible as the girl's friend and history teacher, but her part is so stupid it doesn't really matter. Miss Crane is the worst of all as the mother; rarely have I seen anyone who was so obviously acting...