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...unnecessary fuss & feathers. Said the Ottawa Journal: "This is the American way.. . . The fact is that President Truman could walk alone in any Ottawa street ... in as complete safety as he enjoyed when he was a haberdasher in a small Midwest town.* He might be asked for his autograph, but that would...
...reprisal. He hurls it, rich with cyanic rancors, in the face of sham wherever he sees it. Of a male celebrity who strode into church one midwinter morning wearing sun glasses, Allen grated: "He's afraid God might recognize him and ask him for an autograph." Of a snob-noxious Hollywood character traveling with his "secretary," he murmured acidly: "He's traveling à la tart...
Andrei Gromyko is the darling of the bobby-soxers at Lake Success. They want his autograph; they like to listen to his rich Russian voice, but they seldom try to understand his speeches. Even grownups who listen intently to Gromyko do not always hear the same things. Last week, many thought Gromyko was saying again that the U.S. should promise not to use The Bomb and to scrap those it has before any solid machinery is built to enforce atomic arms control...
...sergeant) appeared. By this time, the first policeman was at the bar, singing. While the guests waited with bated breath, the two cops had a conference over cognac. Then the Oberwachtmeister pulled out his own little black book, approached the nearest film star and asked: "May I have your autograph?" In return, he displayed a picture of himself: "See, this is how I looked before I was sent to concentration camp-I was a big, fat man." Amid little cries of sympathy, his book rapidly filled with famous names. "Oh," he said. "My wife will be so happy with...
Kenton is a gladhander who seeks out local disc jockeys when he hits a new town, is up early in the morning to be accommodating to autograph seekers. Said he: "We can't lay any more eggs. Now we play a pulsating melodic throb. People's ears today are in tune to great harmonic things. Our music has to be built into institutional proportions. The band has to become a household word...