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Near the speaker's stand in Georgetown's Queen Elizabeth Park, Negro Prime Minister Forbes Burnham threw both arms around his bitterest enemy, the Marxist ex-Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan. Moments later, the lights dimmed, a band struck up God Save the Queen, and in solemn midnight darkness the Union Jack, which had flown over British Guiana for 152 years, slid slowly down the pole-to be replaced by a new five-color (green, red, yellow, black, white) flag. Thus-with the Duke and Duchess of Kent looking on as Britain's official representatives-did the tiny...
...into images can be seen in the actress's recollection of her first meeting with her lover, a veterinarian who had just treated her lap dog. Across a deserted lecture hall they exchange smoldering glances; lightly, almost accidentally, his hand brushes hers. The lighting is muted, their mood is solemn. The effect is that of domestic comedy played in the style of grand opera-a pitiless and economical way of emphasizing the gap between the actress's dreams and her everyday life...
Such loyalty, such dedication, is bound to be properly awarded. It was as if all Hollywood had gathered to pay Mrs. Washington solemn tribute. It must have dazzled her beyond description to watch the long ranks of limousines disgorge the great celebrities. There, with Actor George Hamilton, was Lynda Bird Johnson in an orange brocade thing with a mink hem, and a hair and makeup job courtesy of Hollywood's George Masters. And there was Lana Turner in a $2,000 number described as beaded chiffon, and Shelley Winters in a black sheath with organza Quaker collar...
Dead Letter. In theory, the penalty for reading Indexed books is extremely severe: for works written by known heretics, the punishment is excommunication that can be lifted only by appeal to Rome. In recent times, this solemn sentence has not been imposed, largely because the Index itself has become one of the world's rarest books. Even many Catholic college libraries do not have a copy. While schools often go through the motions of getting official permission for their students to read forbidden books for classwork, most Catholics regard the Index as a dead letter and read what they...
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums. The solemn hoopla attending this tribute to the late President reached its climax with an Easter Sunday opening in Manhattan, a bit of corny religiosity that would certainly have brought a derisive snort from Jack Kennedy. Made in 1964 by the United States Information Agency for showing abroad, the film became available for U.S. audiences by express congressional approval after enthusiastic press previewers launched a crusade extolling its virtues in terms usually reserved for such timeless Americana as the Gettysburg Address. Though Years of Lightning can now be seen...