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Last week's crisis recalled another sub stitution-in 1943, when Lenny himself filled in for the ailing Bruno Walter and scored an immediate hit. On that storied occasion, Lenny had a morning to prepare; Millar had four minutes. Still in his business suit, he whipped the orchestra through a workmanlike performance...
Campaign workers grumble at Bobby's battering-ram methods ("Little Brother Is Watching" is a sub rosa slogan at San Francisco's Kennedy headquarters), but they work as hard as they complain. Says Bobby's father, Joe Kennedy: "Ruthless? As a person who has had the term applied to him for 50 years, I know a bit about it. Anybody who is controversial is called ruthless. Any man of action is always called ruthless. It's ridiculous." Bobby, says his father, is just dedicated: "Jack works as hard as any mortal man can. Bobby goes...
...Parliament received his blueprint for an all-French atomic striking force, currently known in France as the force de frappe. At a cost of $1.3 billion over five years, De Gaulle's program would provide 50 medium-range bombers, a handful of atomic missiles and an atom-powered sub. The plan's reception was hostile. Members of the finance and defense committees pointed out that such a meager atomic force would cost a lot of money but still not give France parity with the U.S. or the Soviets in the "atomic club." Other critics pointed out that West...
...bake-off was awarded one of the top prizes. U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ramon Cabalona, who is chief steward aboard the submarine U.S.S. Catfish, won the $1,000 first prize in the pies and dessert division for his orange cream pie topped with meringue. Its name: sub-meringue...
...those worried about war would take issue with the legal right of the Eastland-Dodd sub-committee to investigate the doings of those in the movement for peace. A legal right, hoever, does not constitute a mandate to blacken the eye of this movement; Senate investigating committees, after all, do not operate in vacuums...