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There always comes a time toward the end of the reading period when the enlightened wastrel begins to think less about the subject he is surveying and more about the exam. Even the diligent student becomes less concerned with knowing his courses and more with simply appearing to know. This...
¶ For national reporting, the New York Times's bushy-browed, diligent Washington Correspondent Anthony Leviero, who went to work full time at 14, started out as a police reporter, served as a World War II intelligence officer (lieutenant colonel),† and now frequently covers the
Hungary's bullet-headed Boss Matyas Rakosi became his nation's first citizen after a long and diligent apprenticeship in murder, conspiracy, intimidation and other arts of Communist politics. Most of his adult life has been spent either in Hungary's jails or in Moscow's...
The final effect, however, is far from displeasing. And since Verneuil has neither aimed very high nor touched anything important, it would be difficult to reproach him severely. What he has done is follow the well-worn formula. And, by diligent use of standard ingredients, he has produced a success...
"In his latter-day role of statesman, he is handicapped only by misinformation, lack of knowledge, capricious judgment and a cultivated aversion for the reading of books. 'Tell me what's in it,' he demands impatiently, 'don't make me read it.' " Said the...