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...practical man suddenly on the verge of living out the dreams of power he had always been able to suppress. A.L. Levine thinks like no politician you've ever come across: idealistic but with the practical sense to attain his vision, knowing his limits, and not trying to hide his ugliness but instead turning it to the good. And always guarding a sense of humor, laughing at himself as easily as anyone could. A fantasy, perhaps, but an endearing...
...where a harried group of actors and moviemakers are trying to complete a frivolous silent melodrama. Hundreds of miles away, the government has fallen to the Bolsheviks, but the film company tries to go doggedly about its business. Inevitably, Slave's characters discover that not even artists can hide from the onrushing forces of history...
Harris fell four stories before he was able to grab another rope dangling nearby. The rope burned his hands, but he hung on as he slid down it. "I could see the hide coming off my hands," Harris said later, "but I figured if I held on I wouldn't be finished...
Schlesinger, who was a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy, as well as an adviser and friend to J.F.K.'s brother, makes no attempt to hide his bias. Paraphrasing the author of a book on the controversial Lord Beaverbrook, he writes: "If it is necessary for a biographer of Robert Kennedy to regard him as evil, then I am not qualified to be his biographer." This begs a question. The problem with Schlesinger's book is not that he finds no evil in Kennedy. His case for R.F.K.'s virtues-compassion, puritanical fair-mindedness, personal...
...first, government officials denied the story; some even claimed that Sharon, as chairman of the ministerial settlement committee, had made the decision on his own. This enraged Sharon, who told the Cabinet defiantly: "I will not let you hide behind my back." To avoid an open fight, the government lamely admitted the truth, and Yadin then scheduled the Cabinet meeting to decide on further action. It was at this point that Dayan telephoned the vacationing Premier for instructions. Begin flatly told his Foreign Minister that he wanted the Cabinet to halt the plan for the time being...