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Since he became President four weeks ago, Lyndon Johnson has proved one thing to everybody's satisfaction: he is an expert at doing things. Columnists and news magazines are still marveling at the vigor of the man who often works an 18-hour day, and who, in James Reston's words, "has done everything except cut the grass on the White House lawn...
...Cyclonic Vigor. There are, of course, similarities. Like Kennedy, Johnson has plunged into the presidency with cyclonic vigor. "He feels that he has to make the public aware of the man who's in the office now and to show them a man who looks like he can do the job," explained an aide. "Beyond that, he feels that his own Administration cannot afford to be anything less than energetic and productive...
Despite the vigor of Solomon and Weiner, and several fine contributions by Pennell Rock and William Hart in supporting roles, last night's performance was lethargic and occasionally listless. Ondine is a wonderful play however, and if director Howe can quicken his pace he will have a perfectly adequate production well worth seeing...
...world over, editorials reflected the world's sense of grief, outrage and loss. "The cool, crisp voice is still," said the Boston Globe in a particularly moving elegy. "The vigor is no more. The last frontier has been passed. A grief inexpressible in words fills the heart of this nation today." The London Daily Mail mourned "a man the world could not afford to lose"; Johannesburg's Rand Daily Mail pronounced Kennedy "one of the greatest leaders of modern times...
...large order indeed. But anyone who has contemplated the mayhem being wreaked in the name of The New Sterile Boston; or is aware of the growing tensions in the Negro districts; or is concerned with the vigor and breadth of the city's cultural life knows the magazine is important precisely because the problems are so enormous...