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...question of the moment, however, is how much longer the Soviets will be able to impose a bland countenance on their leader's absence. Important public events continue to loom in Moscow, including a semiannual Central Committee plenum that is held in late November or early December. That closed-door session is traditionally followed by a highly publicized meeting of the country's Supreme Soviet, which is normally announced 30 days in advance. Failure to hold those events on schedule would cause muffled embarrassment in the Kremlin, and further uncertainty about the Kremlin abroad. -By George Russell. Reported...
...became chairman, succeeding the colorful and quotable John deButts, who was a company spokesman in AT&T commercials. Brown's image has been bland by comparison. While respected for his intelligence and technical expertise, he has never been a great communicator. His speeches to groups of employees or Wall Street analysts can have a narcotic effect. Asked to explain his formula for success, he admits that "it isn't my charisma." AT&T insiders say he hides his emotions and signals distress only by growing ominously silent. On balance, that stolid style has been an asset. Says Rawleigh...
They served turkey for dinner in the Union on Thursday before the Yale game. Somebody had organized a pep rally--the only one I have ever seen at Harvard. The stuffing was bland; the music was loud. Spirit was high...
...Fran Lebowitz. Anything that smacks of adolescence is jettisoned: "You will meet with no Dorothy Parker here... I found her comic stories brittle, short on substance." And nothing mild is allowed: to go through Robert Benchley's work is "to discover a good many of his sketches astonishingly bland, disarmingly gentle." The 65 pieces that pass Richler's scrutiny are trenchant, acrimonious and sharp. Most of them are also funny. But they are no more mature than the Falstaff put down by Prince Hal: "How ill white hairs become a fool and jester...
...relax at dozens of tables. On a large stage in the atrium, the Evans Co. presents free entertainment-ballet, jazz and puppet shows-seven days and six evenings a week. Twenty-five shops display items such as lingerie, confections and wooden toys. The Pavilion provides gastronomic relief from the bland fare at the Department of Commerce cafeteria down the avenue. There are five restaurants and 16 fast-food counters, which offer curries, crêpes and tacos...