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...Olivier catches him in a whole succession of picturesque moments and shifting moods. As against Quinn's clodlike vigor. Olivier's Henry has an easy swagger, a skipping verve; he can be cruel, capricious, ironic, every inch a king less for greatness of will than assertiveness of whim; and one who loved Becket, not just because of lifelong loneliness-domineering mother, dried-up wife, hen-brained children-but because Becket expertly pleased and amused him. And with scene after scene of pageantry thrown in, the part becomes a Field-of-the-Cloth-of-Gold day for Sir Laurence...
Beaming Dome. Focal point of all the bustle, and of the inauguration itself, is Capitol Hill. Chandeliers were being polished. The old Senate Office Building gleamed after a scrubdown. The $10 million whim of House Speaker Sam Rayburn -the two-year job of moving the Capitol's east front 32½ feet forward-was a gleaming reality (although the new inte rior space will be useless until another $3,000,000 is sunk in remodeling). The outdoor platform where Kennedy will take the oath of office was in readiness, facing a jungle gym of stands for the press (more...
...fares and freight charges alone will reach $35,000), a playwright sometimes tosses everything but his last will and testament into the first draft to see what will go. A merchandising mentality ("Give them what they want") can sacrifice a song, a scene or a whole play to the whim of a weary tryout audience. But in experienced, honest hands, the road ordeal can also lead to the kind of relentless self-criticism in which Lerner, Loewe & Co. were caught up last week...
Although she is an accomplished pianist. Germaine has no profound love for music -or for anything else-and it is merely a whim that brings her to a clattering New Zealand town to study with a master who is himself an exile there. She meets him: "'Give me some more of that wine Léon.' I investigate the state of my hair. 'I feel better now.' I watch the green-clad form humbling and anxiously pouring my wine not spilling any this time taking the greatest care. Can't you men be pathetic? Especially...
...stepped up to a 5,800,000-ton capacity. Since Israel itself uses only 1,500,000 tons of oil a year, the Israel pipeline offers the possibility of sending Middle East oil products to Europe without paying Suez Canal tolls or being subject to Nasser's whim. Before a political rally in Alexandria, Nasser accused the Shah of being a tool of "imperialism," and, in classic fashion, all but invited the Shah's subjects to assassinate their king. Egypt's Ministry of Religious Affairs directed imams to preach sermons against the Shah as a "traitor...