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...Nixon said-a formula that itself may have been a stratagem of concealment. When confronted with a crisis, he became more secretive than ever, withdrawing into seclusion and arriving at a decision with relatively little outside advice. Sternly self-controlled ("I have a fetish about disciplining myself"), he was stiff in public and rarely relaxed in private. As Author Garry Wills maintained in Nixon Agonistes, Nixon erected this "wall of decorum in dress and manner" so that he could "fend off the world, avoid participation...
...Steps, despite stiff competition, tops the list this week as the best movie in town (The Third Man is a very close second). Hitchcock's spy thriller is one of his most well constructed films and certainly the most enjoyable to watch. There are a whole bunch of terrific scenes in this movie; the neatest one is when Donat pretends to be a candidate for Parliament...
...would ask for is your compassion and understanding. I realize to say I am sorry is not enough." After denying Shaffer's request to postpone sentencing until the newly released Watergate tapes could shed more light on Dean's role in the conspiracy, Sirica handed down a stiff one-to four-year sentence. Noting the current serious illness of Dean's mother-in-law, Sirica allowed Dean until September 3 to arrange for her care before entering prison. It will be at least one year before he will be eligible for parole, though he is likely...
South Korean-Japanese relations have been exacerbated by the stiff sentences of the two Japanese. They had already been strained as a result of the kidnaping of Kim Dae Jung, leader of South Korea's opposition party, from Tokyo last August by Park's secret police. Relations between the two countries have grown so uncertain that Japan, which provided 93% of South Korea's foreign investment last year, has hinted that its entire Korean policy is currently under review...
...style of the Singspiel (literally, song-play), the popular 18th century German comic opera. These days it needs a clever stage style-or more expert clowning-to make a convincing evening. This, alas, the opera failed to get from Director Anthony Besch, who unaccountably kept the action stiff and stately...