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...Norton; $3.75) contains 692 pages of Swiss Philologist Frederick Bodmer's solid lore about meaningful human noise, enlivened by bright pictures and the "irresponsible or facetious remarks" of Editor Hogben, a former colleague of Bodmer at the University of Cape Town. The Loom is lively, but no cinch to read. Hogben recommends an old-fashioned as a preliminary...
...Ramsay?" Only a dope could miss the $1, or opening question, like "Which of these MacDonalds had a farm?" (Answer: Old.) One $64 question (they are usually a cinch, because people cannot bear losing that much money) was "What is the most superfluous thing you could carry to Newcastle?" (Answer: coals.) Of the 20-odd categories of questions (movies, books, music, babies, etc.) which the contestants may choose, most people are afraid to tackle Alice in Wonderland. One reason may well be the $16 question: "What did the slithy toves do when it was brillig?" (Answer: gyred and gimbled...
Other items which Sir William traces far include: absquatulate, anxious seat, slam bang, cinch, lengthy, maverick, rain check, barn stormer, cowcatcher, calamity howler, greased lightning, rambunctious...
Over Twenty-One (by Ruth Gordon; produced by Max Gordon). It was a dead cinch that in her maiden stage effort Ruth Gordon the playwright would be kind to Ruth Gordon the actress. It was less a cinch that she would also be kind to the audience. But though Over Twenty-One is a collection of comic swatches rather than something cut from whole cloth, it proves a lively evening...
Beekeeping is a low-cost cinch, for a hive of bees requires only eight hours of care annually, as compared with an hour and a half daily for the family cow. And two or three mature doe rabbits will keep rabbit meat flowing to the table with almost beltline regularity...