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Peter Ryde, who succeeded Darwin as the golf correspondent for The London Times in 1953, has compiled an anthology of Darwin's essays that broach a wide range of subjects although most touch in some way on the game that consumed his life. The book, entitled Mostly Golf, was recently released to commemorate the centennial of Darwin's birth on September 7, 1876 in Downe, Kent...
Moore's alleged attempt to peddle defense secrets to the Soviets was bizarre but not inept. A veteran U.S. intelligence operative told TIME: "The Soviets bungled this thing-not Moore." Had he telephoned the Russian embassy, he might have been wiretapped. Had he tried to broach the deal with the Soviets in a park or on a street, he might have been seen. Said the U.S. official: "He tried to do it the safe way by tossing the packet to them in the dark. He never figured they'd fumble it. The Soviets let an intelligence bonanza slip...
...this is a bad production. The actors seem to relate to each other superbly, and the performance moves quickly and comically with no lulls. That Arms and the Man withstands such a shallow rendering is quite a testimony to Shaw's wit. For even if the production does not broach the significant themes of war and romance that exist in the play, it does execute a nice variation on the old country mouse/city mouse story. Bluntschli, you see, is the unscrupulous and urbane businessman (in the course of the play, he inherits the proprietorship of six hotels) who displays...
...fact, the question of maternal approval would not necessarily surface in a trial. But even so, Flanagan's basic case of unauthorized conveyance of dead human tissue will almost surely broach another "difficult" issue, linked with abortion, that could become the focus of a trial...
...raise with the President the question of his resigning. The country's interest, the Republican Party's interest and Richard Nixon's interest would be served by resignation." St. Clair and Haig acknowledged as much, but observed that it was very difficult for them to broach the subject to Nixon. Returning to Capitol Hill, Wiggins instructed an assistant...