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...what is buoyant and boisterous about it, though it now has a more flaring sense of worldliness and wiles. But its playful side eats into its prayerful side, leaving Becket half snuffed out. If clear-spoken, Arthur Kennedy-who has not yet worked into the part-seems much too sober and colorless. With this second try at Henry, it becomes Henry II's show...
...days. Stevenson and Dean Rusk conferred with President Kennedy as the vote on the Angola resolution approached. To the sponsors of the Angola resolution (Liberia, Ceylon and the U.A.R.). Stevenson insisted that the U.S. would not support a strident, hysterical measure. As a result, the drafters took a sober second look at their own resolution and agreed to tone it down. During the debate, Adlai Stevenson cited the Declaration of Independence and chided NATO Partner Portugal for ignoring the obvious signals that could push Angola into the same hideous chaos Belgium had bestowed upon its Congo colony. When...
...clock on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is now at seven minutes to mid-night. Realists and idealists alike will be clock-watching in the 60's, and it is possible that just this will prevent them from exercising their proper function as sober analysts...
...this talk about Mr. Kennedy's sitting in conference with Khrushchev is all nonsense. The story of the hunter and the bear will illustrate: as a hunter raised his rifle, the bear called out, "Can't we talk this over like two sober human beings?" The hunter lowered his gun. "What's to talk over?" he asked. "Well," said the bear, "what do you want to shoot me for?" "Simple," grunted the hunter, "I want a fur coat." "All I want is a good breakfast," smiled the bear. "I am sure we can get together on this...
...dressing room coach Cooney Welland spoke soft but sober words, telling his team to forecheck only one man to avoid getting trapped in the offensive zone. His words were well-heeded, for Bland and his third period replacement, Godfrey Wood, needed to make only four saves the rest of the night...