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...EVENING OF THE HOLIDAY, by Shirley Hazzard. A young novelist has chosen her words with such delicacy and precision that even the trite theme of a holiday affair between an inhibited, not-so-young Englishwoman and a smooth, not-so-young Italian architect has become a haunting and poetic tale...
Division of Powers. There is a growing possibility that Franco himself may step in to smooth the transition. He is aware of the problems that his death will create, and, painful though it may be, finally seems to be doing something to try to lessen them. Three times in the past 18 months, his speeches have referred to the need to "institutionalize" the regime. With his approval, the first tentative drafts of a new "institutional law" were debated behind the closed doors of last year's final Cabinet meeting...
...past two games, Coach Cooney Weiland has been using defensemen Bobby Clark and Kevin Burke as forwards on a brand-new third line. The defense now is handled by Bob Carr with Tag Demment, and Ben Smith with Gordon Price. Carr and Demment have played especially smooth and tough defense...
...something went amiss, and the Feds weren't saying what. Finally, early this month, Nebbia was dispatched to the U.S. to smooth out the trouble and get the huge bundle of heroin into circulation tout de suite. Desist came along on a different plane. The trio met in New York and went to Columbus, where Le Franc and Nebbia planned to take delivery on the long-overdue shipment. U.S. narcotics agents, who had been tipped off about the scheme, shadowed them all the way. They had hardly reached Columbus before they realized they were being followed, and hightailed...
High Promise. Last week's impressive demonstrations of precision launchings and splash-downs, flawless electronic communications and computations, smooth orbital maneuvering and stolid endurance, held out high promise for the remaining five flights of the Gemini program. Gemini 8, scheduled for early next year, will attempt to perform the original mission of Gemini 6: docking in space. If the necessary modifications of the backfiring Agena cannot be made in time, NASA will use a hastily contrived "Augmented Target Docking Adapter." One way or another, Gemini 8 will have a target vehicle...