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...committed to run for re-election as governor, that he still has a job to do in Illinois, that he owes a first loyalty to the friends he has persuaded to accept public office during his term at Springfield. He is determined not to let the state slip back under the control of ex-Governor Dwight Green's Republican machine. Besides, he is not certain that he is ready for the presidency, is not sure that he could win against a Republican candidate like Eisenhower. His "this summer" phrase seemed calculated only to leave the door open...
...told his pretty wife Marta that he was tired, and went to bed. Around 2 a.m., four officers called for him. He dressed in the dark; there was a shaky laugh when a nervous aide who thought he was holding the chief's jacket tried to help him slip his arms into a pair of trousers. The conspirators climbed into a car and headed for Camp Columbia. At the gate, the driver leaned out and said: "It's Batista! Are you with us?" The sentry joined the revolt on the spot...
Before leaving and after returning to the College, each girl must sign-out at the "desk" in Westlands, the Administration Building. So that the College can keep tabs on the whereabouts of the students, each girl must file a blue or yellow slip telling the date, time, and her destination...
...Montgomery Ward brought out their mid-spring catalogues with prices slashed up to 37% on hundreds of items. TV makers, whose sets have been selling for months at big under-the-counter discounts, recognized the fact by officially cutting prices by $10 to $90. Food prices continued to slip and farm prices as a whole were 8% below year-ago levels...
...sometimes not at all-do theatergoers become aware that the cast is acting, without seeming to act. "Every movement of the body, even the turning of the pages, becomes important," explains Laughton. "You mustn't move, except for a startling effect." As the tempo increases, an actor will slip from his stool and move to center stage in time for his big prose "aria." As theater-wise Director Jed Harris pointed out: "By appearing to read, but actually knowing their parts by heart, they make the whole thing come alive. In a theatrical production, the power of illusion would...