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...know, at least, that the President did not resort to a ghost writer to express his sentiments on the solemn occasion. He spoke with beautiful simplicity right from his heart, which the astronauts apparently understood perfectly and enjoyed thoroughly. Would they have felt more at ease had the President delivered a dry, solemn, meaningless, lengthy speech that the enlightened intellectuals would have enjoyed interpreting and criticizing...
...Ajaccio festivities are the peak of the celebrations. But every day in 1969 is a Nappy birthday, marked by Napoleonic exhibitions, costume parades, festivals, commemorative ceremonies, solemn Masses or pilgrimages. In one recent week, six major Napoleonic art shows opened in Paris and the suburbs alone. French TV has scheduled no fewer than 80 programs about the Emperor. Some 100 books on Napoleon will be published during the year. Paul Ferrandi, director of Corsica House in Paris, says: "Next to Jesus Christ, Napoleon Bonaparte is the most written-about subject in the world...
...politics of protest are becoming so ritualized that rookie rioters are now instructed precisely how to dress for disruption. As an instance, the combat veterans of the Michigan Regional Students for a Democratic Society recently issued a solemn guide to the latest fashions for summer riots and fall fracases. Items...
Williams is as devastating on hypocritical blacks as on complacent whites. While Browning tours the country fund raising for his organization, Williams acid-etches his caricatures: the moneyed Ebony set, keeping up with the black Joneses; solemn costume wearers, going "the African route"; showbiz swingers, balling their way to integration-by-orgy; militants with the Che Guevara slogans and a handy barracks in the California hills...
...Czechoslovak dilemma is that many liberals feel that Husak is their only hope of preventing the situation from becoming even worse. Despite his severe measures, Husák, a genuine Slovak nationalist, is not a Soviet puppet. Once jailed himself for political reasons, Husák has given his solemn word that there will be no return to the reign of police terror that characterized the days of deposed Stalinist Boss Antonin Novotny. So far, there have been no reported arrests. The fear is that Husák will be elbowed aside...