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Wilson's refusal to waver in the face of the walkout was still unshaken when he flew to Key West to see President Truman. Before boarding his plane-and later at a press conference which followed his visit with the President-he summed up his impression of the dispute: labor had quit in a huff because it could not control manpower allocation between industry and the armed forces. Later, in Washington, he simply said: "I'm damned if I know what they want...
...wooden baton-waver (in fact, he usually leads from the drums), Bruno gets deep into the act, taking his place in the conga line, occasionally even cutting in on couples dancing past. Gurgled one fat Florentine matron after a round with the master in the Posso di Beatrice, a cellar nightclub in a 13th Century palace: "This Bruno makes me feel like a five-year...
...treat our minorities with full justice and fairness, but should make them feel that they are so treated." Then, in a voice breaking with emotion, Nehru turned on the heat. Said he: "I am ashamed at the way this question has been looked at by Congressmen . . . You cannot waver. If you want me to lead Congress you have to pass the [Nehru] resolution unequivocally ... If you do not want me to remain Prime Minister you tell me and I shall go." Nehru's resolution was passed amid loud acclamation. Even Mystic Tandon, in a 15,000-word speech studded...
...wrote a World War II flag-waver: We're Going to Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line...
Cyril Ritchard, an import from England, who plays Sparkish the fop, achieves a success of a different kind. Sparkish could turn out no more than a fop, an elaborately dressed, self-conscious waver of lace handkerchiefs, but Mr. Ritchard manages by his impressive diction and equally impressive frame to give real color to Wycherley's essentially colorless character. His Sparkish is an excellent example of how a really fine actor can make something out of almost nothing...