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...monochromatic coin likeness. His resilience, his zest for tough political infighting, his wild Irish humor are scarcely touched upon at all. His weaknesses are ignored or glossed over so swiftly and uncritically that the Bay of Pigs "setback" seems a mere preliminary bout for the Administration's sword's-point showdown over the dismantling of Soviet missile sites in Cuba. "There were those who disagreed with the President," says Peck. But they obviously don't matter very much. On the New Frontier, once unreliable U.S. rockets sail obediently into orbit. In the movie's oversimple view...
...Chinese Communists, who caustically refused to attend the Moscow Congress, were busy with other things. Not only did a Chinese delegation gather huzzas in Pakistan, but Peking last week celebrated the 95th anniversary of the Paris Commune. The ceremony came replete with a 400-item exhibition including a Communard sword, a badge reading "Republique des Communes," and a Red Flag editorial that lambasted Russia for "embarking on the path of restoring capitalism...
...Senator from Kentucky was speaking about the President of the U.S.: "In one hand he holds the purse, and in the other he brandishes the sword of the country. What more does he want?" The Senator from Massachusetts compared the President to Briareus, the 100-handed giant of Greek mythology: "He touches everything, moves everything, controls everything. I ask, sir, is this legal responsibility...
...testimony with grace notes such as a quote from Greece's Third Century B.C. historian Polybius ("It is not the purpose of war to annihilate those who provoke it, but to cause them to mend their ways.") and a comparison of Communist expansionism with Islam's "flaming sword" policy...
Soon after Britain's tiny Wilkinson Sword Ltd. began selling stainless-steel razor blades in 1961, it captured 30% of the British blade market, dominated by Boston's slow-moving Gillette Co. It then moved into the U.S. and bravely challenged Gillette on its home ground. By last year Wilkinson had moved into 50 countries, run up a 1964 pretax profit of $9.8 million and made confident predictions of a 40% sales increase in 1965. It began to look as if tiny David were slaying the Gillette Goliath...