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Inevitably, also, officialdom squabbled and squirmed over charges that residents of the stricken area had been given little or no warning of Betsy's approach. The most authoritative critic was disputatious Dr. Edward Teller, of H-bomb fame, who was in the city for a speaking engagement five days after the hurricane struck; he noted that a well-run warning and evacuation system in Alaska had given residents ample notice of a tidal wave in the wake of last year's devastating earthquake. "Six people died," said Teller, "but the figure could have been hundreds." In fact...
Bruce Kornbluth's Sergeant Kite is a masterpiece of Villainy; his masquerades as a lady fortune-teller and as a preacher are splendidly done. K. Lype O'Dell's Balance and David Meneghal's Brazen are fine comic parts. In a moment of inspiration, Chapman Laurence Senetlick in the relatively minor role of Simpkins, and Senelick's sniggering, swaggering portrayal of the only poor man who lines up with the bourgeoisie (he's Justice Balance butler) justifies him. Simpkins' description of Bunker Hill is one of the highlights of the evening...
Marked Deck. Some Republicans and a handful of Democrats repeatedly lost bids to amend the authorization downward and impose administrative restrictions. Amendment after amendment went down in voice votes. The opposition came close only once, on the issue of the Governor's veto, when it lost a teller vote 155 to 150. Still, there were some lively protests...
Scientists are, of course, accepted as intellectuals, but with qualifications. Liberal J. Robert Oppenheimer, for instance, is unquestionably accepted, but not necessarily Conservative Edward Teller. Members of other disciplines concede intellectual status only to the most creative and original scientists, relegating the rest into a vast limbo of mere technicians and experts. George Babbitt's sneering at longhairs could not muster anywhere near the savagery of one intellectual's proclaiming that another...
Miss Caldiera had been in an adjoining teller cage on Tuesday when a man, keeping his right hand in his pocket, walked up to the counter and presented a robbery note. He received $1875, and then proceeded to drop $500 of it while hurrying out of the bank...