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...years as Vice President, Nixon was far better known, and though he had many detractors, seemed a man of much greater maturity and experience-though their age difference is only four years (Nixon is 47, Kennedy 43). About Kennedy most voters knew little more than that he was boyish looking, rich, and an efficient operator. If Nixon had never agreed to the debates, Kennedy would not have had the opportunity to prove, before a nationwide audience, that he is Nixon's match in quickness of mind, decisiveness, and resources of combat...
Bringing Up Buddy (CBS) unleashes cascades of canned laughter that are so at variance with the vapid comedy on -the screen that the ear automatically dials out the sound in defense of sanity. The story involves boyish Buddy, a rising young executive (Frank Aletter), entrapped in the fuddled care of two maiden aunts (Doro Merande and Enid Markey) who are so naive and troublesome that they should be put out of harm's way before the series gets much older. Script credit goes to one George Tibbies, who may add a new word to show-business lingo. Entertainments...
...very different function than it has now. After Society Girl Caresse Crosby designed a brassiere in 1913 (it took its name from the French word for a child's undershirt), it was worn as a sort of chest-height cummerbund to flatten and camouflage women for the boyish look. When Mrs. Rosenthal moved into New York and set up a dress shop with a woman partner in 1922, she noticed that the dresses she was selling often did not look well on women who bought them. With her partner she designed simple brassieres with form and uplift, gave them...
...brassiere end of the business quickly eclipsed the dresses. Maidenform was founded in 1923 with Mrs. Rosenthal's husband William as a partner. It grew fast, especially in the 1930s, when fashions forsook the boyish look. Mr. Rosenthal designed the brassieres and Mrs. Rosenthal handled the sales and financing. Maidenform pioneered in mass production, time studies and special machinery to make brassieres. During World War II, recalls Mrs. Rosenthal, "we got priority because women workers who wore an uplift were less fatigued than others...
...first minute of Piston's Serenata for Orchestra, one realized that everything was completely under control again. Professor Piston's work of 1956 was originally commissioned by the Louisville Symphony and received a fittingly excellent performance at its East Coast premiere last night. After being delighted by its boyish allegro--which has more than a bit of Copland to it--and its sensuous slow movement, I cannot quite understand the reticence of other orchestras to take up the short, light work. Everything that was first rate about the Bach Society's handling of the other pieces on the program...