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...blowout. The bespectacled old expatriate, whose pad is almost a photographic shrine to his late sister, Dancer Isadora Duncan, gave them a weirdly nostalgic show. In a quavering saloon tenor he sang My Old Kentucky Home; then, unshorn silver locks and hand-woven toga flying, he launched into a frantic soft-sandal jig. The Dior-dressed segment of the crowd dug it deep. But the modern beats, obviously distressed that no food and no smoking were allowed, did not get the scene at all. Said one bewildered beard to another: "I don't know what this cat is laying...
Into early October, the Soviets proceeded covertly, masking their operations with lies and claims that they were sending only "defensive" weapons to Cuba. Then they threw off stealth, lunging ahead in a frantic, scarcely concealed push to get offensive missiles up and ready to fire. Their aim was devastatingly obvious: they meant to present the U.S. with the accomplished fact of a deadly missile arsenal on Cuba...
...Appeal. Disaster is still some time away, for the rate of the city's descent is less than one-fifth of an inch a year. But the city fathers take the long view: at the present pace, much of Venice could be underwater three generations hence. Somewhat frantic at this statistic, Mayor Giovanni Favaretto Fisco sent out a plea for emergency advice to architects, city planners and art lovers the world over. This month some 200 of them gathered soberly in a tapestried hall on the Isola di San Giorgio to discuss ways to save the fabled city...
With the Crimson offense pressing, Ohiri finally evened the score at 4:20 of the second period with a short shot which ended a frantic scramble around the Columbia goal...
Then Mr. Quinn, a very talented man in his way, does his frantic best to make the show interesting: he growls and sticks his stomach and his eyebrows at everybody. He also has one good line: "I'm free," he announces triumphantly in the second act. "I've got that lousy free feeling." And there's another actor also who should be mentioned. He's Charles Grodin, a young man who plays the hopeless role of Miss Leighton's son--hopeless because the role is one of those zany parts that ordinarily crop up only in the less marketable plays...