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...withal a wonderful evening, and Jackie appeared willing to stay forever. But shortly after 2 a.m. the President took her by the hand and headed toward the door. A Secret Service agent picked up her brocade stole. The only thing that had intruded on a memorable night was that miserable play...
...reddish hair," he said, "and I don't remember the color of her eyes. I'd like to forget her com pletely." "If you ask me if I have had a happy life, I must say no. I have had an extremely unhappy life." Withal, the unkind years have merely honed the battle-ax wit of England's oddball poetess Dame Edith Sitwell, who, upon turning 75, looked ahead to her official birthday celebration at London's Festival Hall next month. There, she insists, she will appear baroquely bedecked in a red velvet gown, black...
...York's unwieldy 21-member Board of Higher Education. Everett must mollify the presidents of seven nominally independent colleges. While finding ways to accept more students, especially from New York's submerged Negro and Puerto Rican population, he must maintain City's traditional standards. Withal, he must develop stiff doctoral programs and research that match the best in the U.S. He took the thankless job, says Everett, "because I would have always wondered why if I hadn't. It's the most interesting higher education job in the country...
...also weak. His intelligence made him tolerant, but also indifferent. His rational disposition made him considerate, but also negligent. His sense of loyalty made him generous, but also extravagant. His mental balance gave him humour as well as irresponsibility. His natural charity brought indolence as well as callousness." Withal, concludes Pearson, he was "the sanest, most human and civilised of monarchs...
...Withal, if you know what I mean, Ida is a pretty good show. People who like Gilbert and Sullivan will probably be reasonably happy with it. People who do not like Gilbert and Sullivan can go to hell...