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...down-to-earth escapist fare. But it must not be dismissed too lightly. The mature Greene is never a mere Sunday writer; there is always an element of earnestness about his game. And in May We Borrow Your Husband?, he is still the consummate pro: his picture swing is smooth, his stroke is completely unmannered yet perfectly controlled, his style is at once artful and impeccable. Yet beneath all the skill lurks an unprofessional but engaging note of bittersweet poignancy...
Firepower & Mass Attack. After World War II, Abrams made a smooth transition to staff officer, attended Command and General Staff College and the Army War College, rewrote a book on armored tactics, then served as a corps chief in Korea. In 1960, after a series of U.S. staff assignments, he was given command of the 3rd Armored Division in West Germany-in time for the Berlin crisis of 1961. Next year Abrams returned to the U.S. as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations for Civil Affairs, and had the unlikely task of quelling riots at Birmingham...
While he was in Laredo last month. Hale called on Kazen in his downtown law offices. What they discussed is unknown, but many suspect that Kazen has long felt the whole Laredo VISTA program to be a potential threas to the smooth functioning of the machine, and was taking this opportunity to help get rid of two of the biggest "troublemakers...
...condensed and jammed into a single meeting. The section men are left with huge chunks of the course material -- notably microeconomic theory for which they have to develop a teaching approach of their own. This ingenious division of labor, Gill's biggest improvement, has made the monster course smooth and flexible...
...Honor, Dairy (3) 3. The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Crichton (2) 4. The Captain, De Hartog (5) 5. Valley of the Dolls, Susann (4) 6. The Mask of Apollo, Renault (6) 7. The Birds Fall Down, West (8) 8. All in the Family, O'Connor (7) 9. Five Smooth Stones, Fairbairn (9) 10. Tai-Pan, Clavell...