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...NIGHT WATCH. Five men plan an underground escape from a Paris prison-a commonplace theme developed with uncommon skill in this taut French thriller...
...NIGHT WATCH. Five men seek an underground escape route from a Paris prison-a commonplace theme developed with uncommon skill in this taut French thriller...
...Goldwater has 25% of the vote in Oregon, and maybe more. We need about 20,000 votes more to win. I wouldn't be surprised if we'd pick them up. Anybody who writes off Goldwater is nuts." As for Dick Nixon, his Oregon friends professed an uncommon amount of cheer over a telegram that was, if nothing else, cautiously worded. "I shall look forward to working with you in the final campaign," Nixon wired, "in whatever role our convention decides I can best serve the cause...
...promising experiment in trying to lower the pressure is currently under way at Harvard, where it is quite possible to both publish and perish. Of 180 assistant professors and instructors in the faculty of arts and sciences only about 20% will get tenure. Hoping to breed more of those uncommon Siamese twins who join eminent scholarship with inspiring teaching, Harvard's history, government and economic departments are offering fellowships that balance teaching duties with research opportunities...
...MacArthur himself enjoyed his new job immensely. Efficient, indefatigable, imperious in everything he did, he struck outsiders as a benign but egocentric despot. MacArthur hardly bothered to listen to what others had to say, for he liked to talk himself. But when he spoke, he exhibited an uncommon grasp of a wide variety of non-military subjects, from economics to politics. Even the most skeptical of his visitors went away murmuring incredulously about "that amazing...