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Government of All the Talents. As the result of the campaign "roundtables," Aléman came to office the best-briefed President in Mexico's history. He proceeded to surround himself with strong men. Some were old university friends, such as Gobernacion Minister Hector Perez Martinez and Treasury Minister Ramon Beteta. Some were political veterans. Strapping Antonio Bermudez, a former treasurer of Chihuahua, marched out of the President's office with an armload of reports and charts, the new boss of Mexico's oil resources. Others were new to the game of politics. Antonio Ruiz Galindo, millionaire...
...Team. Despite Patterson's bounce, drive, and salary and bonuses of $50,000 a year, he does not fly United alone. Says he: "I can't build an airline myself. I surround myself with good men . . . give them every chance. This means they'll do good work and make me look good...
...driving along the Tiber with four friends. . . . Suddenly one of them yelled to stop and they jumped from the car. ... I turned and saw them surround the man we had been waiting for. I watched them punch and kick him in the belly. . . . They dragged him quickly into the car. I slipped into gear and sped off. ... He struggled. ... I hollered to him to be quiet. . . . He was lying in the car, spitting blood. I knew he suffered from tuberculosis. . . . Soon he was just a corpse. ... It was a nightmare. I just began to drive wildly . . . for seven hours...
...reviews in London's liberal New Statesman and Nation are highbrow; they are also incisive and discriminating. Pritchett considers his story writing "an endless chewing of the cud of experience, an effort to digest; and also a desire to fill up the unfurnished wastes of time which surround the goggling...
...chore boy, Nath Storm (Lon McCallister), learns from his wooden-legged employer (Edward G. Robinson) that the deserted Red House near the farm is strictly taboo. So are the deep woods that surround it. No reasons are given, beyond Farmer Robinson's obvious terror. Nath and the farmer's adopted child (Allene Roberts), thus forbidden, cannot resist trying to find out what it's all about. They are variously hindered by Nath's lush sweetheart (Julie London) and her sinister spare-time boy friend (Rory Calhoun). Their quest for the core of the farmer...