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Marx, a fresh-air fiend as well as culture fan, likes to bask in the sun on winter days at the bottom of his swimming pool, which is drained in September. There he sits puffing six-inch cigars (Jack & Charlie's "21" Selection), dictating letters to his Audiograph or reading a dictionary and marking the words and phrases he wants to transfer to his vocabulary. These are later typed by a secretary in a series of black books that Marx carries everywhere, studies in idle moments. For an hour, three or four times a week, he dons sneakers, a grey...
...that his noblemen live there, housing was a nightmare. With 10.000 people living in the chateau at Versailles, it was as crowded as a slum. The bearer of many a celebrated name had to be content with a dismal attic room, though it seemed to be worth it to bask in the rays of the Sun King: the nobleman of the day counted himself lucky if he could become the official custodian of the royal chamber...
Ossman gained the honor as a varsity fullback his junior year; Shaw was a senior guard, and Finney, last year's winner, was a jayvee bask...
...last week the volcanic nature of the young erupted in two curious tribal gatherings-one at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the other at Balboa, Calif.-as thousands of students, freed from their books by Easter vacations, swarmed seal-like to the two towns' beaches to swim, fight, drink, woo, bask in the sun and howl at the southern moon...
...last big diplomatic chore, lent his official presence to the inauguration of Mexico's new President (see HEMISPHERE). Then, as he went off to relax on the sands at Acapulco, many a New Yorker guessed that he would settle down south of the border for good, to bask in the southern sun and enjoy the admiration of the understanding Latins, and perhaps reflect cozily, like a retired Houdini recalling the box trick, on his old adventures in practical politics...