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...Comrade Kravchenko," a Party bigwig warned him, "you are going to the country of the most highly developed and rapacious capitalism. The counter-espionage of the FBI is subtle and inescapable. . . . The counter-revolutionary and capitalist press, especially of Hearst and McCormick, will try to destroy your faith. . . . Do you realize the full meaning of the confidence placed...
Identical Twins. Unilever House likes to say that Limited and N.V. are different companies. But for practical purposes they are the same. The board of directors of Limited, who get at least $40,000 a year and are usually bigwig politicians or financiers, are the same for N.V. But the board is controlled by Limited. It makes the policy for both companies. They buy materials together, pool profits, pay the same amount in dividends...
Negro Staff Sergeant Gilbert Cartiero's winning picture (titled 0600 Hours) showed a pfc. putting on his pants. In bed in the background sprawled a tired naked German maiden. According to one red-faced bigwig, Sergeant Cartiero's picture might "reflect badly on Red Cross activities...
Today the bigwig of be-bop is a scat named Harry ("The Hipster") Gibson, who in moments of supreme pianistic ecstasy throws his feet on the keyboard. No. 2 man is Bulee ("Slim") Gaillard, a skyscraping, zooty Negro guitarist. Gibson & Gaillard have recorded such hep numbers as Cement Mixer, which has sold more than 20,000 discs in Los Angeles alone; Yop Rock Heresay, Dreisix Cents and Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? Sample lyrics...
Last week the townspeople of Fulton agreed that never had Bullet shot so high, or rung the bell such a bong. For the college's annual Green Foundation lecture, supposed to be delivered by a bigwig "of international reputation," Bullet McCluer boldly went after really big game. He confided in Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, military aide to Harry Truman, a star football center at Westminster when Bullet was a star debater. Vaughan took him in to see the President. Look, said Bullet, talking fast, what a great idea it would be-especially at Fulton, in the heart...