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...last in a long-awaited gong of rhyme. His versifications made the bespectacled and gamesomely civilized poet something of a celebrity. His accent ("clam chowder of the East Coast-New England with a little Savannah at odd moments") was sometimes heard on radio's "Information, Please!" and the Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee hours...
...first minute of the game, the Crimson dominated play. Captain Rick Frisbie won the draw and, after controlled passing and a few shots. John Hagerty took a Zrokerman pass, switched hands, and bounced the ball past goalie Bing Gordon...
...China can perhaps be summed up in an old Chinese saying: "The contented man, though poor, is happy; the discontented man, though rich, is sad." One reason why the average Chinese appears happy is that the wide disparities of wealth that lasted into the 1950s have disappeared. Wong Bing-wong, TIME'S veteran China watcher in Hong Kong, summed it up this way: "Mao's promise is nothing more than an experiment to make China the poor man's paradise. But first of all, he has to make it a virtue to be poor, which is exactly...
...instance, there is a loudspeaker in every home. The Chinese told their American guests that only 5% of the people disagreed with Mao's policies, and they were being "reeducated" in labor camps. In China, of course, 5% of the populace amounts to 40 million persons. Reports Wong Bing-wong: "The life map of China still has its peaks and valleys. Politically there are areas where people in substantial numbers do not, or at least try not to, have anything to do with the party or Mao Tse-tung...
...Tower of Babel is another story high, thanks to the fledgling audio cassette industry. No longer content to simply reel out taped renditions of a Rolling Stones goldie or a Bing Crosby oldie, the new versions of the handy cassettes are sounding out on everything from money management to marriage counseling, evangelical sermons to menopausal symptoms...