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That Indefinable Something. Herter's election last fall was in itself something of a political miracle. The man he defeated was, politically, as symbolic of life in Massachusetts as the baked bean, the sacred cod and the Bunker Hill Monument. Portly Democrat Paul Dever, a seasoned performer and a spellbinder among the masses, who had croaked his way to national TV fame as keynoter at the Democratic Convention last summer, had looked like a shoo-in winner. Herter, the slender aristocrat, was his exact antithesis. As a friend put it bluntly, "Chris never did have that indefinable something that...
William Bennett Bean, a young resident physician at Cincinnati General Hospital, was alarmed by a patient who complained that his heart was making a noise "like a paddle wheel on a river." Dr. Bean could hear the noise clearly at a distance of two feet; through the stethoscope it was so loud that it hurt his ears. The patient recovered without any special treatment. But the experience made Dr. Bean a student of booming hearts...
...most solid dish in a meal, some form of beef should be eaten. Either with pea pods or bean sprouts, the sauted slices of beef have a rich accompanying oyster sauce made from an extract of oysters and imported from China. The contrast between crisp green vegetables and tangy cooked meat is both delighteful and surprising...
...Rest had improved his color. He spat on his right hand, grinned, and sent a new white baseball flying to the field, watched the game for an inning and a half (with Washington's Pitcher Connie Marrero standing by to cut off any fouls that might threaten to bean him) before heading, a little shakily, back to the plane...
...again, by the time you have read this column, you may have decided to conform. Don't let us disappoint you. Our tips may be more effective when teamed with this year's string-bean lines. Yet they'll certainly spike any old lore in the closet...