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Being Consistent. That vote all but crushed Bill Scranton's chances for the G.O.P. nomination. He had gambled heavily on the possibility that he might steal some of Goldwater's delegate strength in Illinois, thereby giving his campaign a psychological lift that would have impact elsewhere. He had known for several days that Dirksen would probably vote for Barry. But, if only because of Goldwater's vote against the civil rights bill, of which Dirksen was the major architect, Scranton had hoped that Dirksen would be somewhat less than enthusiastic about Barry. As it turned...
Laying aside pretensions to tragedy, the American Shakespeare Festival is now offering a Richard III of strong impact. The resulting bloodthirsty and at times stomach-turning melodrama, under Allen Fletcher's direction, provides one of the most intriguing shows in the Festival's history...
Fearful that the wreckage would burst into flames, Bayh hurriedly boosted his wife through an escape hatch, which popped open on impact. Then he called for Teddy, who was crumpled on the floor. Bayh got no answer and climbed out the hatch himself. Again, he yelled to Teddy. This time Kennedy answered, managed to reach his hand through the hatch, and Bayh helped him wriggle through the window. Moss and Pilot Zimny-both horribly injured-were trapped in the cockpit, which had been sliced apart as if by a huge can opener...
...history. "I am deeply grieved at the loss of my oldest and closest friend," said Winston Churchill. "The Daily Telegraph," said that paper, "found itself on the opposite side of almost every major argument in which he and his newspapers engaged. But there was never any disputing the deep impact which he had upon his times." Wrote the Times: "He was that increasingly rare phenomenon in a standardized age, a personality quite uncramped by convention or inhibition...
Nearly four years later, President Conant's tone had changed but not his message. In the Baccalaureate sermon he urged '39 to "resist the tumult of the moment, the impact of the immediate present, the corrosive atmosphere of potential strife," and develop their own talents and personalities. At the UT Mickey Rooney was featured in the title role of "Huckleberry Finn...