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With such a great demand, nearly every book that is published could become a runaway best seller. Therefore the size of each edition is decided beforehand by the state publishing houses, more or less arbitrarily. The basis for decision is not how many books will sell, but how important and useful they...
John P. Marquand, best-selling satirist whose last novel So Little Time took sundry pokes at the Book-of-the-Month Club (one poke: "She did not want to have books picked out for her beforehand by ... the Book-of-the-Month Club."), and was the most popular Book-of-the-Month for 1943, joined the Club's editorial board.* This made his future books ineligible for selection, but Marquand declared he was glad "to be in a position to exploit American writers," and forgot about his past poking: "Don't blame me for what my characters...
...College Corporation was much worried by these raffish accompaniments to their solemn exercises. Unable to persuade the Cambridge authorities to keep the populace in order for Commencement brought money into the village they tried the dodge of keeping the date of Commencement a secret until a few days beforehand. This created such indignation among the graduates who counted on attending Commencement to see their classmates and friends, that it had to be given up. And Commencement did not become respectable until the Fourth of July was instituted as a holiday...
...hear everything, have a howling time following the young contestants. Most of the winning servicemen have viewed the girls and the whole affair as a G.I. dream come true. The girls, who are radio actresses chosen from A.F.R.A.'s enrollment, have offered no complaints. They are cautioned beforehand to be "perfect ladies," given a few stock questions to ask. The boys are provided with an opening salutation, reminded to watch what they say-parents, sisters, sweethearts may be listening...
...Axis citizens and liable to be shot as traitors if captured. For their theoretical protection and reward the Army started last week to confer citizenship on men in the European Theater. Requirements: a soldier must i) be serving honorably in the armed forces; 2) have lawfully entered the U.S. beforehand; 3) produce two uniformed citizens, officers or noncoms, to vouch...