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...small audience in a small place. The American Mathematical Society and the American Physical Society arranged his lecture for Carnegie Institute of Technology's Little Theatre, seating 400, then nearly came to blows over distribution of tickets. Five thousand pleas for admission poured in. Said Dr. Einstein gently: "Bah! I will speak to 400-no more. No more would understand." His subject: "A Simple Proof of the Equivalence of Mass and Energy...
...Strong of Will: When you see a long figure apparently made of India rubber, and possessed of slightly Katherine Hepburnish tendencies loping easily down the corridor, then you know that the great Pooh Bah of Winsor has passed by . . .Hor favorite garment: an undershirt: probable future occupation: mother...
...Francois de Wendel of the present day is a Pooh-Bah; his connections and directorships would fill a dozen of these pages. He is among other things a director not only of the French but of the German De Wendel companies. But that coincidence does not set forth his true qualities of being a Pooh-Bah. Is Francois de Wendel, President of the Comite des Forges, faced with a financial problem? Then let him consult Francois, de Wendel, Regent of the Banque de France. Is he in need of political support? Francois de Wendel, Member of the Chamber of Deputies...
...front of their mouths to make sure that no gusts of breath come out with the sound, to sing into an open umbrella so that the sound of their own voices comes back to them. One old Italian teacher used to train his pupils on the syllables bee-bah-lo-nee exclusively. Methods and phobias outnumber teachers. Alda's teacher, the late great Mathilde Marchesi, who also taught Melba and Calve, would never permit a pupil of hers to have her hair washed...
...rubbers, teas and mining shares help give 'Change its international flavor. A broker receiving an order in rubbers may have to rush out and buy some Bah Lias, Gula Kalump, or Linggi, while in teas he must know Budla Beta, Chargola, Jokai, Pabbojan. The mining list includes famed De Beers Diamond Mines, the Rand (gold), Johannesburg Consolidated Investments ("Johnnies"), Rio Tinto ("The Tinto"), Roan Antelope, Katanga, Mount Isa, Siamese...