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...thousands and scores of thousands, they gave a cha cha cha rhythm to their chant of his name: "Kenn-e-dee! Kenn-e-dee!'' Women swooned while sighing "El macho divino" ("The divine he-man"). Carried away by his presence at Mass in San Jose Cathedral, the organist thumped out The Star-Spangled Banner, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and Yankee Doodle. Even the fact that his nose, after a weekend in Palm Beach, was pink and peeling, seemed to add to his appeal. Cried a teen-age girl in ecstasy: "Tiene...
Armed with a thick black notebook crammed with facts about Central America, President Kennedy prepared to fly this week to San Jose, the tree-shaded capital city on Costa Rica's central plateau. In the city's massive National Theater building, he was to spend three days in conference with six Central American Presidents, underlining again his expressed belief that Latin America is "the most critical area in the world today...
...infield Orlando Cepeda's eye trouble may prove more troublesome than his current hold-out. Chuch Hiller, Jose Pagan, and Jim Davenport are competently slick, but nothing more. As for the staff, Billy Pierce is 36 and Jack Sanford 34. Each had a peak year in '62 and it would be hubris to assume repeat performances (even though Sanford comes from Wellesley and is highly praised in the Globe...
Lawrence of Arabia. Blood, sand and stars (Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy), with the help of a top director (David Lean) and a $10 million budget, make this the best superspectacle since...
...Julio Arosemena's chances of wearing it long seemed woefully slim. Of his country's last 20 Presidents, only three served full terms. He himself was the playboy offspring of a rich Guayaquil banker, and rode into the vice-presidency in 1960 on the coattails of President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. He got the top job after Velasco Ibarra proved powerless to curb runaway inflation and left-led strikes, and was turned out by the military. Once in office, Arosemena baffled his countrymen by his politics, and his personal habits became the talk of the nation. Yet after...