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...response to this wanton act of cold-blooded murder should have been a squadron of B-52 bombers containing our explosive sentiments delivered personally to Kim II Sung...
...displaying her usual optimism if not faultless logic. Seeking to jazz up her campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination, Bella stopped in at Eddie Condon's in Manhattan for a jam session with the house band, Red Balaban & Cats. While Bella boogied, Balaban introduced a new campaign song, sung to the tune of I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. Sample lyrics: "I wish I could legislate like my sister Bella/ She can write better laws than any right-wing fella." Chances are, she also plays a meaner mandolin, at least judging by her rendition...
...stageworthiness, Figaro lives by its music, as any great opera must. It has been many years since New York has heard it sung and played so exquisitely. To describe the entire cast, the word perfect for once seems apt. Among the women, British Soprano Margaret Price sang the Countess with an appealingly fresh vocal bloom and a masterly control of the Mozartean style. From New York's Frederica von Stade came a Cherubino of distilled soprano beauty and ebullient range of boyish emotion. Soprano Mirella Freni remains the best Susanna of the day. Belgium...
...military action, a step the U.S. was unwilling to take. Already, it had ordered the carrier Midway into Korean waters and sent B-52s on simulated bombing runs near the truce lines. The most that had ensued was a statement from North Korea's Communist dictator Kim II Sung that the killings were "a regrettable incident." The State Department branded Kim's gesture "unacceptable" because it admitted no responsibility for the killings. But after further considering the mildness of Kim's unprecedented personal statement, U.S. officials shifted ground and called it "a positive step...
Some notables sent their regrets. Cuba's Fidel Castro said he was busy, and so did North Korea's Kim II Sung and Uganda's Idi Amin ("Big Daddy") Dada. Among those who did gather in Colombo: Viet Nam's ascetic Premier Pham Van Dong, Libya's mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, India's stately Indira Gandhi, Cyprus' black-bearded Archbishop Makarios...