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...even harder to person alize and attribute to any individual. The Nobel Prize committee learned that the hard way last year when it sought to honor Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese Chief Negotiator Le Due Tho with its Peace Prize for negotiating the U.S. withdrawal from America's longest war. Hawks who blamed North Viet Nam for the hostilities were outraged at the choice of Tho; doves who thought the war could have been ended much sooner were angry at the choice of Kis singer; Richard Nixon was hurt and Irritated that he did not receive a share...
...Longest Day [1962]. Account of the Normandy Invasion starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, and Rod Steiger. Interesting cast, adapted from a strong novel. Ch. 4, 8 p.m. B/W, 3 hours...
...exemplary independence, The New Land is crowded with people-a whole farm community-none of whom has yet emerged as a genuinely interesting character. This mob's efforts to imitate Swedish accents are occasionally laughable but mostly ponderous, further slowing what may be the new season's longest hour...
Nonetheless, the architects endowed Harvard with a veritable firmament of bannisters. At the top of the list is Sever Hall, already renowned for another architectural idiosyncrasy--the whispering arch. The glorious wooden bannisters in Sever's concourse are the slickest and longest at Harvard, and any student sophomoric enough to slide down between classes will surely make a bang, even if he or she doesn't crash through the glass doors. Matthews Hall and the Science Center have challenging and steep bannisters that should test the mettle of any slider who looks over the edge to the chasm below...
...From the moment that the France first slipped into the Loire estuary at St. Nazaire 14 years ago while French President Charles de Gaulle looked on, this ultimate luxury liner sailed the oceans as a glittering symbol of French elegance. A magnificent example of marine engineering, she was the longest (1,035 ft.) and one of the fastest (30 knots) passenger liners afloat. The service was superb (the ratio of passengers to crew was less than 2 to 1) and so was the food. The France's gourmet dining rooms, particularly the gold-walled Chambord, ranked among the best...