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...farmers to harvest their crops. The regime in Prague was unconcerned over this fraternization, indeed was proud of the restraint showed by its people. The fact was that the entire nation was eager to get rid of the troops as soon as possible; the flowers and wine constituted a shrewd Czechoslovak tactic to persuade the Russians that they have nothing to worry about...
...earthy, plain-spoken businessman who has lived in Chicago all his adult life, Johnson, 50, is less the brilliant innovator than a shrewd judge of the Negro community. He has been careful not to get too far ahead of the times-or too far behind. He started Ebony, he said in his prospectus, "to emphasize the brighter side of Negro life and success." As the darker side has come more into view, Ebony has adjusted. Last winter, Senior Editor Lerone Bennett Jr. provoked considerable controversy and a stern rebuttal from the New York Times when he wrote an article debunking...
...virtual ultimatum to the Czechoslovak nation, Russia did everything that it could, short of sending tanks to halt and reverse the reform program led by Party Boss Alexander Dubček. At week's end, armed intervention was still a possibility. But under Dubček's shrewd direction, little Czechoslovakia stood up and talked back, reaffirming its commitment to a new form of democracy-cum-socialism and defiantly refusing to retreat. If Czechoslovakia gets away with it, Communism in Europe-and perhaps elsewhere as well-may become even more diverse, nationalistic and liberalized. Said West Germany...
...Johnson's formula for not running is extremely shrewd: to pretend to the American people and to himself that because of a dangerous division in the country he is withdrawing to prevent that division from going further. I think that this is what the man consciously believes. I think this is an ingenious cover for his inability to admit that he has made a disastrous mistake...
Consider that rogue Italo Bombolini, the shrewd, Machiavellian mayor who outwits half the German high command and successfully spirits 1,320,000 bottles of vintage vermouths and robust red wines from the Nazis in Robert Crichton's best-selling 1966 novel, The Secret of Santa Vittoria. Indeed a difficult part for an actor, calling for a subtle combination of gentle foolishness and hardheaded Italian moxie. So naturally Producer Stanley Kramer picked an Irishman, born in Mexico, who hails from Hollywood: Anthony Quinn, 52, who has been studiously preparing for his role as the rascally wine merchant by tippling Cinzano...