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...sense of how a good politician acts did not come only from the eleven-year experience with John F. Kennedy. Although on a smaller scale than the late President, Sorensen was also brought up on politics. His father, Christian Abraham Sorensen, rose from the Nebraska prairie sod house in which he was born to become state attorney general. His mother, Annis Chaikin Sorensen, was a convinced pacifist and feminist from a Russian-Jewish family...
After all those nights with the iguana down Mexico way, Director John Huston, 57, must have been getting used to "Juan." But it turns out he prefers "Sean." An Irishman by heritage, and a between-films resident of the Ould Sod for twelve years, the Missouri-born Huston has renounced his U.S. citizenship in favor of becoming Irish. "A person should be a citizen of the country in which he lives," said he. "I suppose it's a sort of atavism-a desire to get back to my ancestral roots. I've been thinking of this move...
Overhead. There, a crowd of 10,000 spilled along the hillside, stood within 100 yards of the gravesite. Television cameras and newsmen were stationed within 50 feet of the bright, artificial green sod spread around the opening. Drummers from the Marine Band marched to the top of the hill, hammered out the somber beat as the caisson drew near. The Air Force bagpipe band, moving in slow step, wailed The Mist Covered Mountain...
...will take more than a few factories to make of Ireland another Ruhr, but the changed landscape is a sight to see, as shown by the eight pages of color this week that accompany the cover story on Sean Lemass, who represents the new spirit in the ould sod...
...Rotterdammers estimated costs at $35.9 million; eventually, after the government gave approval, the piers cost $41.4 million. When the government refused permission for a runway extension at Zestienhoven Airport, the city, realizing that more room would be needed for jet traffic, built the extension anyway, covered it with sod until the project finally got approval...