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...Pentagon job requires a sense of urgency, and Neil McElroy has always been a man in a hurry: he dresses fast ("He has broken more shoestrings than any other man in America," says a Cincinnati friend), walks fast ("You can't call a walk with Mac a stroll. It's more like a run"), drives fast ("He's a good driver but he goes like hell"), flies fast, often pausing just long enough to stuff his toilet articles and an extra shirt into a briefcase before taking off cross-country...
...scared to speak, our allies are so scared that they are all speaking at once. Prime Minister Mac-millan's recent suggestion of an East-West non-agression pact is tangible evidence that the glow of confidence and unity of purpose permeating the NATO meeting was artificial and ephemeral. In itself, Macmillan's idea is harmless and could even prove worthwhile if it stimulates eventual top-level disarmament discussion...
...otherwise, their French counterparts in the cellars of Saint-Germain-des-Prés are inclined to peer through their existentialist glasses darkly. The most successful of the Parisian rock 'n' rollers is a 31-year-old self-styled gypsy who goes by the name of Mac-Kac (real name: René Reilles). A jazz drummer, Mac took to rocking after the U.S. film called Rock Around the Clock (starring Singer Bill Haley) caught the fancy of Parisian teenagers two years ago. Mac sang his way to fame with his gutty-voiced, absinthe-flavored readings of such items...
...clearly demonstrated an ability to command the cheerful loyalty of those who worked for him. One of F.D.R.'s staff recalls that Ed and Mac, the CRIMSON printers, "habitually presented stern resistance to any departure from their routine." But, when Roosevelt asked it, they would "do anything with alacrity and complete approbation," even though it meant taking the forms off the press to make them over for some late news...
Michael C. D. Mac Donald '60 wrote the winning letter that will allow his "great companion" Alexander E. B. Aurum to escort starlet April Olrich on her publicity-seeking tour of Boston on Sunday...