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...always survived and benefited from both types, the Cleveland Amorys and the Anthony Lewises. Besides which Mr. Weil will have all next year to combat the wonks with his own graceful style, that is, if he can be cajoled into writing for the paper more than has been his wont...
...liberal. The liberals in addition seem to work harder at NSA conferences to influence the great mass of uncommitted delegates. During the great HUAC debate at the 14th Congress two years ago, there were so few conservative speakers that some had to talk twice. The liberals, as is their wont, elbowed each other for the microphone...
...looking the way you do, you'd be better off in some neutral shade"). It is just about impossible to buy in any department but maternity; no matter how adequate the dress found on a different floor, it is there "for the regular customers," and the salesladies are wont to hint that the expectant mother has breached good taste simply by appearing out of the designated confines. It is occasionally suggested that she go home...
Paul Rosenberg & Co. is especially strong on 19th and early 20th century French art. It is wont to put on small retrospectives of such artists as Ingres and Sisley-a legitimate practice among dealers to boost the public interest in a particular artist as well as to provide a public service. Among living artists it represents are Kenneth Armitage, Karl Knaths and Graham Sutherland...
...Cuba situation continues to haunt the Kennedy Administration. To Kennedy, personally, it is a bone in the throat. He would like nothing better than to get the whole thing over with, by whatever means. For all his stylish public pronouncements, in private Kennedy is wont to hark back to the Bay of Pigs opportunity and to muse regretfully: "I wonder...