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...work closely resembles that of another British expert in horror, Saki, particularly in casual bloodthirstiness and ghoulish wit, and he very nearly equals Saki in fiendish invention. His one complaint: "People miss the humor in my stories because they're so intent on being made to squirm...
...opinion for the people it considers "liberal" and against those it looks upon as not liberal enough. Many of the Washington corps, including Drury's former boss, Scotty Reston, think that Drury's broad brush is unfair, but it covers enough truth to make some Washington newsmen squirm...
Quite simply, this is a woman who captivates an entire room with one gesture, her intensity and variety of expression, her luminous grey-green eyes, her very Irishness, makes people squirm in unlimited approval. She spoke with that "passionate subjectivity" which she finds lacking in theatre today. "I think that people who are not subjective are dull-I believe in total involvement. The theater is not just stages and actors and tickets, it is the audience. Actors owe it to their audience to participate with them, to possess them, to let them help in the creation of a spirit...
...their frequent irritation at Supreme Court decisions, some Senators cannot resist the temptation to make court appointees squirm. Last week Cincinnati's Potter Stewart, 44, youngest justice in 20 years, got the special treatment when the Judiciary Committee took up his interim appointment (to succeed ailing Justice Harold Burton, TIME...
...astonishing number of congressional Republicans were openly delighted to see Adams squirm. Some had been offended when he left them dangling at the other end of a dead telephone. Some resented the fact that he had pursued the President's dictum that the White House should work with Congress through the leadership; they felt that as a result, Adams had locked them out of the White House. Then there were the old-line Taft-men. "That sonofabitch," said one bitterly. "He was one of those who went down to Texas and planted that flag-'Thou Shalt Not Steal...