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...several possible counts (and the FBI was keeping Key Witness Cheasty well-guarded pending the trial), Hoffa could be both imprisoned and fined. He could easily afford the fine and, all other things being equal, he was still young enough to take a prison sentence in stride. But Jimmy Hoffa had built his whole reputation on being an awesomely smart guy. And that reputation could hardly survive being caught with the goods while pulling an incredibly stupid stunt...
...favor political failure and social commentary, walk swiftly into the room, quickly close the door, stride across the room and pull down the shade, then clasp the interviewer's hand in yours and say, "Comrade!" The frankest approach and perhaps the easiest way to fail is to smirk as you shake hands and say, "Is this really necessary...
...Muller, 34, German-born painter who came to the U.S. in 1941, is another Hans Hofmann pupil who still sticks by his abstract teacher's general principles but feels, "Abstract art is too esoteric. The image gives one a wider sense of communication." Now hitting his stride. Muller appears in all three museum shows. His Of This Time, Of That Place (opposite) at the Whitney is a large-scale (4 ft. by 8 ft.) canvas with looming white nudes set against a luxuriant patchwork landscape that draws its theme from Goethe's Erlk...
...women who are loudest for short skirts will soon be wearing the longest dresses. I know very well the women." He banished knees: "This part is never to be seen. It is bone, and I do not find bone particularly attractive." On occasion (1953) he changed direction without breaking stride, declaring: "I'm just itching to pin up women's skirts...
...biggest auto dollar-earner, have been badly hurt by fire at automaker's plant in Coventry, one of few British auto lines still producing at peak. Blaze damaged one-third of plant. Production-75% for export-will be stopped at least a week, will not hit full stride again for months...