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...majority of the House voted in strong favor of "pre-marital interdigitation." a small but determined minority came out in favor of the idea, but felt that "just a little" was permissable especially "when you're engaged." At the same time, a rumor emanating from the Press agents along Bow Street was supported when 58% of the House decided "that beautiful women do go to college." A minority felt that it was a "waste of talent...
Harry S. Truman gladdened the heart of a Washington visitor who admired his silver-streaked black bow tie. The visitor -Connecticut Publisher William J. Pape -yearned for one just like it. But there was none, said the President; he therefore lent the tie to Pape for a night. White House Secretary Charles Ross took pains to keep things quite clear. "He has it on loan," he emphasized. "We expect him to return...
Frank Sinatra found a fine refuge from bobby-soxers: a U.N. Security Council meeting. "The Voice" attended in peace with Sculptor Jo Davidson, departed unmolested. Nearest thing to an upsetting experience was some picture-taking later: Sinatra and his big bow tie (his wife makes them for him) didn't look half so much like a heart-leaping popular idol as 63-year-old Davidson and his little...
Spencer, tall (a stooping 6 ft. 5 in.), strawberry-blond, and handsome, is a specialist in Elizabethan tragedy and modern poetry. Dressed in tweed jacket, grey flannels and loud bow tie, he grips his lectern and recites poetry in a flowing, resonant voice and a Philadelphia accent improved in Britain. Characteristic advice to students: to understand James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, "lie on your bed, hold the book over you, and let the words just pour down." Next year, to the two courses he now teaches to Harvard and Radcliffe students, he will add English V-the Boylston course...
When Mason, a Republican who likes bow ties, boating and plain talk, was appointed a commissioner by his old friend Harry Truman, the President hoped that Mason would turn FTC into a plain-speaking tribunal. Businessmen could then get quick, common sense answers on important labeling matters. By substituting chatty, humorous prose for the usual gobbledygook, Mason proved that he was the man the President thought...