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...Acheson, because he has an uncommon bearing, a moustache, and a non-Kennedy New England accent, has been constantly accused of resembling the Ealing Studios prototype of the British Foreign Officer. He does in fact look like a statesman and is a flawlessly articulate...
...nearly 6,000 ft. once, and it was still climbing. I came back down because the ground looked so far away I got lonesome." Aircraft Mechanic Tom Pearson has improved on a standard Bensen design, added a four-bladed propeller, a muffler and ground brakes-an uncommon feature on home-built helicopters. Explains Pearson: "If you haven't got brakes, you have to spin the prop, then jump in the seat quick to keep the beast from running away...
...even have a baby." And, continued Hickenlooper, what about "that farmer who said he was driven from his farm and forced to migrate? He told us that he sold his farm because his wife wanted to move to California." Replied TV Veteran Mur row blandly: "It is not uncommon to have one thing said to the cameras and another later on." Always aggressive in his gripe against the grape. South Carolina's teetotaling Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston was determined to beat back attempts to raise U.S. diplomats' "representation allowance," otherwise known as the "booze fund." "I have...
...Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Common targets attacked with uncommon hilarity...
...Geoffrey Fisher, 73, who has held the office since 1945, as he addressed his final meeting of the Anglican Assembly; "that is why I have enjoyed it as much as I have." Then, touched by the 40-minute eulogy-filled farewell of his colleagues, the retiring primate continued his uncommon burst of self-revelation: "I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: it is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed...