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Lady and the Tramp (Walt Disney; Buena Vista) draws a bead on the susceptible hearts of some 20 million U.S. dog lovers with a 75-minute Cinema-Scope cartoon of the romance between a high-bred cocker spaniel (Lady) and a mongrel (Tramp) from the wrong side of the tracks. But, in humoring dog lovers, Disney may well lose friends among cat fanciers for his venomous portrait of a brace of Siamese cats (named Si and Am) that are noticeably lacking in the virtuous qualities that abound in the canine kingdom...
Invitation to Uvalde. The day after Butler landed in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran a big, black headline: PARTY FEUD ERUPTS. Governor Shivers indignantly announced that Butler had refused an invitation to lunch in Austin. Drawing a bead on Butler, the governor labeled the refusal "regrettable for the future of the Democratic Party." Replied Butler: "I will be happy if the governor comes"-to see Butler...
...into the air was simply a semi-honorable way of announcing "I'm scared to death, couldn't we possibly call this thing off?" English at last perceived, however, that Foster's honor would not be satisfied without being fired upon. Consequently, on the third exchange English levelled his bead and pulled the trigger. Foster fell dramatically to the ground, and English, thinking his opponent dead or wounded, left the field. Thereupon, Foster resurrected himself and proceeded back to Cambridge for the morning's classes...
...that the only proper method of birth control is continence. "Harnessing science to ward off nature," said Miss Kaur, "is fraught with tremendous risk for the moral fiber of the nation." Therefore, by Minister Kaur's order Health Ministry workers taught only the rhythm method. Women were given beads to keep track of "safe" days (green) and "baby" days (black). But some women refused to use the beads on the ground that in India only cows wear that kind of bead; others were embarrassed by what neighbors might think; still others got the idea that merely moving the beads...
...handy 'rosary-counter,' [which] has a small dial with all fifteen mysteries. A moving needle points, compass-like, to each bead (or number, in this case) as you click the handy little red plastic button. So you're interrupted. Look! The needle stays loyally on the elusive bead. Not a mystery is allowed to slip through your fingers anymore...