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...months of presidential campaigning, Kennedy has perfected a set of rhetorical devices fully as clever as Nixon's. Most successful is his incessant portrayal of Republicans as a lot of fat, contented fellows sunk deep in club chairs, ignorant of the challenges we face, utterly unconcerned about social ills...
Uneasy Consciences. Approaching 70, De Gaulle is showing the strain of gathering burdens-in red-rimmed eyes sunk deep into their sockets, in the sagging greyness of flesh on his jowls, in the thickness of his voice. He is under the sharpest attack since he returned to power in 1958. In trying to settle the Algeria problem, he has not finally quelled the discontent in the restive army, and now pressures are rising in France-from political parties, trade unions and intellectuals-to start political and military talks with the Algerians at once, without waiting, as De Gaulle once insisted...
...visionary" regime of Pat Weaver and citing the network's decline in quality during the gradual transition from good dramatic shows like Philco Playhouse to dreary series like Riverboat. Moreover, said Crosby, the network profits were falling off sharply. And in five years, by the ratings, it had sunk from the No. 1 to the No. 3 network...
...behemoth that can dig a continuous trench 2-ft. wide and 6-ft. deep through any surface, including rock and coral, is now available to commercial purchasers. Le Tourneau Inc. of Texas built a mobile island crane that can be towed out to an offshore construction site, its legs sunk and anchored while it does its job. The job finished, the legs can be retracted, and the island crane towed to another site. Not all products are so complex-or necessary: a harassed doctor invented a candy-coated tongue depressor for examining children...
Fillies & Pirates. Galbreath plays just as hard as he works, has sunk more than $5,000,000 into his hobbies. On his big white-fenced farms outside Columbus and Lexington, Ky. (both are named Darby Dan Farm), he has assembled some of the world's finest thoroughbred breeding stock. He got Ribot, the "Horse of the Decade," from Ribot's Italian owners on a five-year lease for $1,350,000. He has already set one mark in racing: he paid the world's record price-$2,000,000-for Swaps, 1955 Kentucky Derby winner, hopes Swaps...