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After the 1964 revolution that installed him in power, Brazilian President Humberto Castello Branco ruled the country with a pragmatic blend of democracy and dictatorial decrees. As time went on, the element of democracy became smaller and smaller. Last week, what little remained was at least temporarily shelved. In his "Complementary Act 23," Castello Branco closed Congress until Nov. 22, seven days after the upcoming congressional elections...
...melodies make up in lilting appeal. Phillips' wife Michelle, a willowy ex-model, is the spiraling soprano; Denny Doherty, 24, sings a secure tenor. Anchor girl is rotund (200 lbs.) Cass Elliot, 23, whose ringing contralto gives the quartet its oomph. Together they build a buoyant vocal blend that floats easily through intricate harmonic shifts, toying with rhythms that are as fresh and bracing as ocean breezes. The quartet is now on a highly successful college tour, stands to make $1,000,000 this year...
...Manhattan, where more than 900 of the faithful and 100 "Pennsylvanians" past and present gathered to toast Fred Waring's five decades on the bandstand. "The greatest thrill of my life," he said, and returned the salute by leading the Pennsylvanians in a nostalgic Waring blend of chorus and orchestra. Next week at 66, Fred's off on his 1966-67 country-wide swing, which he's calling "The First Fifty Years...
...course of the next three or four minutes we witness the demise, through the ensuing decades, of all the boys except two brothers whose determination to outlast each other provides the plot for the next two hours. The absurdity and delicious macabre blend of this premise might have made a first-rate English film. What results, however, is a superficial humorless mishmash of plotting orphan descendants, ridiculous Victorian satire, and cliche mixups...
...central Luzon, Marcos' own formula is a blend of military and civic action, with emphasis on the latter. "Call it anything you like," he says, "community development, civic action, rural reconstruction, revolutionary development. It boils down to offering a better life to the peasant." That, as the Johnson Administration emphasized in the Honolulu Declaration of February 1966, may ultimately prove the only formula for success in Viet Nam as well...