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...piece of oyster flesh that was already exuding pearl-forming nacre. The first crop from the 100,000 oysters was harvested secretly in June 1958, and the results were staggering. Though only 30% of the seeded oysters produced pearls, there were thousands of big, beautiful pearls; the best was nine-tenths of an inch in diameter and turned out to be worth $4,900; eight others were appraised between $3,000 and $4,000; another 100 were worth better than $1,000 apiece. For their work and know-how, the Japanese got 50% of the crop; the rest went...
...ready on time, the Navy knew it had to put more money and men behind it or find a different way to do the job. In such cases the Navy could consult the computer to find out which of a score or more shortcuts around the obstacle was the best...
Died. Lupino Lane, 67, Briton who produced, directed and starred in Me and My Girl, the show that introduced the Lambeth Walk (and ran at London's Victoria Palace for 1,646 performances beginning in 1937), member of one of the best-known families of the British stage; following a heart attack; in London...
CHARLES DICKENS' BEST STORIES (669 pp.)-Edited by Morton Dauwen Zabel -Hanover House...
Mere Mannerisms. Half a dozen variations on this theme help to dispel any notion of Dickens as irrepressibly comic. Other "best stories" of Editor Zabel's choosing include second-rate ghost thrillers and third-rate detective stories. At novel length, Dickens could create memorable caricatures, e.g., Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, Madame Defarge. In the short stories, his characters are mere mannerisms. In the novels, Mr. Pickwick and Sam Weller produce idiosyncratic dialogue; in the short stories there is only an endless chatty...