Word: somberness
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...serious campaign, and even half a laugh is scarce in most reporters' copy. Fortunately, readers of the Times and other papers can resort to Columnists Russell Baker and Art Buchwald, who seem able to coax a smile and sometimes even a belly laugh out of the most somber events...
EVERYONE HOPES that the Vietnam negotiations which are now at full throttle will not go awry like the U.S. "smart" bomb which brought death to employees of the French legation in Hanoi two weeks ago. Those deaths have added to the somber character of the current negotiations which have finally brought into focus the outlines of a settlements...
...fourth and final movement seemed dedicated to Wagner - first the somber three-note motif from the Ring cycle, then a bare but undisguised hint of love theme from Tristan und Isolde...
...uncluttered design were any measure of greatness. Frobenius organs are destined for eternal admiration. The initial visual impression of the case brings in mind Indian River orange crates: the bright unstained wood is painfully stark against the somber interior of the church the separates encased divisions seem to fit together like toy blocks in sterile symmetry. The en Chamade ranks sparkle the new chrome...
...Nixon is the subject of a 15-minute film narrated by old Nixon Fan Jimmy Stewart who explains: "She shows the softer side while he negotiates the somber affairs of state." Her "32 years of political partnership" are briefly detailed. Under her guidance, says Stewart, the White House has become a "social mecca" where 13,000 guests were entertained for dinner in the first two years of the Administration -a record for First Ladies. Described as a "force in her own right," Mrs. Nixon is shown on her various tours around the world as "elegant, but never aloof -reachable...