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...Bricks. Conscientious Clement Attlee had been frank to admit beforehand that on such a tour "you are often shown only what your hosts want you to see." It was Attlee's hope nonetheless that a look at the cloistered rulers of Communism, who have never seen or been seen by top Westerners, might prove instructive in many ways, provided one could distinguish "eyewash" from cruder reality. Not all Britons were convinced of Clem's ability to make the distinction. A Liberal Party spokesman warned Attlee & Co. that they were treading "on very hot bricks." London's Economist...
Many advertisers believe that any mention of their product helps sell it. Not so, says Market Researcher Horace Schwerin. Actually, "quite a few advertising efforts do boomerang" and "leave people less favorably disposed toward the product than they were beforehand...
...secret testimony about "espionage" at closed,
one-man hearings. But "when the time came to make good on the
charges," said Woltman, "the Senator ducked out."
McCarthy also took credit for the suspension of 35 employees, although
the Army had been investigating these cases (actually 36) for months
beforehand. Said Woltman: "All. . . denied the Communist charges.
Not one invoked the Fifth Amendment . . . Not one has been dismissed.
Fourteen have been reinstated, four with full clearances."
...White House, beforehand, he chatted with a group of war correspondents emplaning on a return trip to the beaches. He joshed the Chicago Tribune's spade-bearded Jack Thompson, whose whiskers are greying now: "There was a lot more brown in that beard." Like any old soldier, he talked of the war and reiterated the old unanswerable question: What did these sacrifices mean? Leaning against his desk, he said earnestly: "The people who know war, those that experienced it . . . I believe we are the most earnest advocates of peace in the world. I believe those people that talk about...
...mother, who sells oranges at the Drury Lane Theater, is not entirely pleased. "Why will you give such way to your Passion?" she chides. "When I advised you not to be guilty of Folly, I meant no more than that you should take care to be well paid beforehand, and not trust to Promises, which a man seldom keeps, after he hath had his wicked Will. And seeing you have a rich Fool to deal with, your not making a good Market will be the more inexcusable...