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...dazzling array of the latest Western products, from television sets to trousseaux. To help introduce Africans to these new luxuries, the Kingsway stores have used style shows and appetite-whetting advertising on the delights of modern living. As one measure of their success, United Africa executives cite the brisk sales of "ladies' foundation garments," an item that once would have interested few African women...
Preens & Pip-Squeaks. As is customary, lighting technicians and bodice padders mumbled gratitude to their angel mothers and all the wonderful, wonderful people in the cast. As usual, the songs were mediocre and sung badly. And as usual, the M.C.-Bob Hope this time brisk, professional and apparently a little bored- was unable to tell enough jokes to bring to life the stupefying parade of pretty, smiling people introducing other pretty, smiling people...
...seldom played up to their best. By season's end, complacency proved fatal. In contrast, the Black Hawks came into the play-offs in top form. Forward Ab McDonald's return from the injured list restored their stealthy "scooter line"-one of the lightest in the league. Brisk playmaking, sharp checking and the defense work of Goalie Glenn Hall (TIME, Jan. 20), made the difference. "We played that funny game," said Red Wing General Manager Jack Adams. "We didn't let them have the puck...
...Rhodeses do not immediately know that. Their room is pleasant, though not quite as advertised-there is no hot water, and when Barbara complains, a maid appears at odd hours with lukewarm basins. The Rhodeses find the countryside charming, but the people seem unaccountably chilly. Mme. Vienot is brisk, cheerless and not above padding a bill. Her aged mother sits through most of dinner in a glazed reverie. A millionaire guest tells the Rhodeses how much he enjoyed eating "ut doaks" in the U.S. Barbara laughs irrepressibly when she realizes he is saying hot dogs, and the rich man turns...
Though the predominant news of the economy was heartening, the question remains : Is it just a spring flowering or the start of a full recovery? Stock market investors clearly believe that a full recovery is ready to get under way. In brisk and broad trading, the market gained 12.92 points on the Dow-Jones industrial average, closed the week at 676.48, only nine points below its alltime peak...