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...Answer Is No. Sherman Adams' voice changed again. A sharper emphasis flattened the odd musical, soothing quality, and his chin edged forward a fraction. "Did Bernard Goldfine benefit in any way in his relations with any branch of the Federal Government because he was a friend of Sherman Adams? Did Sherman Adams seek to secure any favor or benefits for Bernard Goldfine because of his friendship? The answer to both questions is no . . . I have never permitted any personal relationship to affect in any way any actions of mine in matters relating to the conduct of my office...
...calls to the regulatory agencies by getting Adams to admit that he had quite a bit to do with the selection of appointees; he had, for one thing, recommended Ed Howrey for the FTC. Adams clasped his hands, unclasped them, gripped them again as they trembled. He pressed his chin into his fists, dueled...
...Chin up but mouse-quiet, Elizabeth Taylor Todd made her first public appearance since the death of her rambunctious Mike (TIME, March 31) at a Hollywood press conference called to announce her next screen role: a budding beauty queen in the comedy Busman's Holiday. The producers: plucky Liz and her stepson, Mike Todd Jr., 28, who nervously flaunted some of the old man's damn-the-torpedoes financial bazaz: "Cost? We'll spend as much as it takes...
...weeks, or rather a fortnight, later, unconcerned in old shoes and an odd jacket, Vag announced himself to the Parker House receptionist. When he arrived upstairs at the Scott-Hanbury suite, a somber man with an ingrown chin asked him to be seated in the entrance hall. Vag was not alone. Two familiar Cambridge faces, supported by matching neckties, were talking nearby...
Belle. Finally, there is the family retainer, Nathalie, a formidable old bag of moles, chin hairs and salty folk proverbs. The four women are snug and smug; they have pooled their womanish fears to put life, as normally lived, in the wrong...