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...longer a whiz at Latin, Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 66, heard a few words in that language at a solemn Oxford University ceremony at which he was awarded an honorary doctor of civil law degree, 'installed as Oxford's new chancellor. Old Oxonian Mauricius Haraldus Macmillan expressed his gratitude for the honor in hesitant Latin, seemed relieved to return to his native tongue, in which he allowed: "My Latin pronunciation is almost as obsolete as the language itself...
Later that afternoon, after he made his U.S. arrival official by placing a wreath on the tomb of Arlington's unknown servicemen. General de Gaulle drove down Pennsylvania Avenue to his first official White House conference. When he came out 75 minutes later, his long, solemn face intimidated even Washington's hard-case press corps. Here was the Western statesman who had last had contact with Khrushchev, the man who was to play host to next month's summit conference?and the newsmen were almost mute. Surely De Gaulle had reported to Ike on his conversations with Khrushchev...
...shampooed alumna of Boston's Girls Latin School and Radcliffe, finds writers for shows, advises them and usually edits their scripts, has long aided and edited Lenny Bernstein. Says she amiably of R.S.A.'s relaxed working methods: "A floating crap game." ¶ David Oppenheim, 37, a tall, solemn, black-thatched clarinetist and onetime head of the masterworks division at Columbia Records, serves as a general scout for new shows and talent. He has been a Saudek associate less than a year, quips that he welcomed the chance "to get away from music...
Rosemary (German). The true-life story of Rosie Nitribitt, a shabby little prostitute who eventually became one of the highest-priced women in West Germany. Bubbly champagne farce turns into solemn social comment...
Rosemary (German). The true-life story of Rosie Nitribitt, a shabby little prostitute who eventually became one of the highest-priced women in West Germany. Bubbly champagne farce turns into solemn social comment...