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...viewer of The French Chef, I have long been intrigued by the substantial presence of the other half of the team, living in the off-screen home attached to the pleasant kitchen and dining room we see on TV. The picture of Paul Child and the information about him confirm that I knew him as the art teacher at Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Conn., during the early 1930s. But I remember him best as the black-belt jujitsu expert who schooled me in the lightning leverages of that sport, and sometimes allowed me the illusion that I was giving...
...Matthew Sgan, associate dean of students, denied that there had been any any suicide attempts: "There is no medical proof that any of the gestures were suicidal." Sgan did confirm that "specific students are being questioned about drugs...
...news that auto sales were off 5.5% for the first ten days of November, that General Motors is paring production by 8.1% in the next two months, and that housing starts were at a 20-year low in October seemed to confirm their view...
...proud and somewhat willful lady, Indira Gandhi smarts under the allegation that she was picked as Prime Minister largely because the Congress Party's political pros reckoned that she would be easy to control. Yet she seemed to confirm that charge two weeks ago when she backed down on three Cabinet changes after running into strong protests from party bosses. Last week, as if to assert her independence, Mrs. Gandhi went right ahead and made some Cabinet changes anyhow...
Most of this is tedious routine, but Tracers does not shun sly tactics. For example, to confirm that it has found Alfred Alumnus, whose last address was 1500 Shady Lane, Tracers may place a person-to-person call to William Alumnus at the suspected new address. "There's no William here; my husband is Alfred," the wife replies. Tracers' agent interrupts, tells the operator, "We're looking for the one who used to live at 1931 Shady Lane." "Oh no," says the wife, "we used to live at 1500-it's not us." But Tracers...