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...Indian the greatest Indian leader and first Prime Minister is," reflects his sister, telling of his upbringing amid a wealthy family that sent to England for its clothes (Nehru wore European suits until his micros); of Nehru's longstanding passion for chocolate cake, pies and ice-cream sundaes; and of his continuing preference for English friends (like Lord and Lady Mountbatten). "It was Gandhi who once jokingly said, 'When Jawahar talks in his sleep, he speaks in English...
...sexes, few campuses have fought so hard, or won out so completely. Who else besides the Radcliffe girl-student at one of the nation's top colleges for women and virtual coed at the nation's most noted university for men-can have quite so much cake...
...Deplorable. At the beginning, of course, the cake was largely crumbs. For its first few years under sprightly President Elizabeth Gary Agassiz, it was usually known as the "Harvard Annex." It was not until 1894 that Mrs. Agassiz finally persuaded the Massachusetts legislature to grant her a charter ("I'd like to do anything that lady wants me to do," said one legislator after her impassioned speech). But, even by that time, some Harvardmen still retained their doubts. Huffed Litterateur Barrett Wendell, when asked if his daughters would go to Radcliffe: "My daughters, sir, I hope, are ladies." Snapped...
...heroine (plump Soprano Zinka Milanov) acted with all the agility of an animated Epstein statue; one of the heroes (hefty Baritone Leonard Warren) seemed to have heeded to excess Marie Antoinette's famed advice, "Let them eat cake"; and the mob that broke into the Act I chateau seemed neither big nor fierce enough to start a good argument, let alone a revolution. Nevertheless, for anyone with an ear for music and a mind for the elaborate make-believe that is opera, the Met won out handily over its slicked-down and tricked-up competition...
...juvenile Jenkins was jumping with joy, As he sported him over the sandy lea; In his small fat hand there was many a toy And many a cake in his mouth...