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In 1939, Bernice ("Bunny") Miller joined the secretarial staff of Herbert Hoover "on a temporary basis." Last week, when the will of the former President, who died on Oct. 20 at 90, was filed in Manhattan, she learned that her employer of 25 years had left her a $50,000...
The two major parties have nominated for the presidency men who seem to command little affection or respect from the electorate. The almost universal addendum to all declarations of support that one hears is that one presidential candidate or the other is the lesser of two evils.
La grande visite was at hand -Charles de Gaulle's much-heralded expedition to Latin America, a 27-day good-will tour covering 20,000 miles and ten nations. Paris papers hailed his "delirious welcome," and one writer even ventured to call him "our national conquistador." He was hardly...
One of the favorite colors of the Pre-Raphaelite painters was called Mummy Brown - and not out of joking affection. It was a warm pigment made from the bitumen used by ancient Egyptians to embalm their dead, famed for its preservative powers.
Lies for Happiness. The trouble is that the Italians themselves are captivated by these qualities, Barzini suggests. "Watch an Italian mother fondle her baby. If she is alone, she is tender and solicitous like any other mother, in a matter-of-fact way. As soon as somebody enters the room...