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Balaguer. who had faithfully served the old dictator as President, is nonetheless widely regarded as a sincere and decent man. He appears to have more to be proud of than to hide. There were still scattered reports of strong-arm repressions: 20 arrests in the city of Santiago. the "accidental" death of a youth jailed for ripping Trujillo's picture off a nightclub wall. The government outlawed the far-left Movimiento Popular Dominicano...
...when ad revenue fails to keep pace. "Advertising rates are not high enough," admits McCall's Publisher A. Edward Miller, but he hopes for a burst of additional ads to close the gap. Even if he gets it, insiders predict that the magazine will not be showing a decent profit for years...
Satisfied that foreign diplomats would have far less house-hunting trouble from now on, Protocol Chief Angier Biddle Duke admitted that there was still much to be done for Washington's own Negroes. Said he: "You shouldn't have to have a passport to get a decent place to live.'' Added a hopeful N.A.A.C.P. spokesman: "Ironic as it may be, if things open up for dark-skinned people from Africa, the American Negro is bound to benefit...
...wife is imaginative and beautiful. The husband is decent though somewhat priggish and admits that "sex was never my strong subject." The other man is a brilliant scientist who is also a cad and a workmanlike seducer. These characters might result in a story as obvious and predictable as any triangle, but with a special kind of emotional geometry, Scottish Author James Kennaway has arrived at a taut, arresting and convincing novel...
...their frock coats and orchestras half out of their pits. The one-act opera was banned in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York. Even Soprano Marie Wittich, who appeared in the title role at the world premiere in Dresden, threatened for a time to withdraw because "I am a decent woman...