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...fascinated by Cartoonist Conrad's portrayal of Father Ford bestowing a penitential blessing on a kneeling and presumably shriven New York City [Dec. 22]. I wonder if Conrad knows that he has the President of the United States giving the Boy Scout sign and not the ancient Christian gesture (index and middle fingers only) of God's peace. Intentional or unintentional, the bonus of that extra finger for New York serves to heighten the humor...
...Army version was prepared by retired Brigadier General Conrad...
None of the contestants used beans. "That," sniffed one chili head, "would be like mixing cognac and Dr. Pepper." In fact, the simplest recipe proved best in the view of a panel of judges that included Actors Ernest Borgnine, William Conrad and McCulloch Oil President C.V. Wood, retired, undefeated world chili champ. Joe DeFrates, 67, of Springfield, Ill., winner of the California cookoff, concocted his "horse-and-buggy" chili from lean beef, peppers and his own chili powder. The Texas champion, Susie Watson of Houston, used a similar recipe, plus an arcane spice derived from pine cones. Even in Texas...
...Anthony Conrad, RCA's 54-year-old president, takes over as chief executive immediately. Conrad has won high marks from the financial community for the way in which he has run the company's service and electronics divisions. RCA's profits nonetheless fell 38%, to $113.3 million, in 1974 and continued to decline during the first half of this year, largely because of lagging sales of television sets and other consumer products. In the third quarter, however, RCA profits rose 9% over those for the same three months of 1974, to $32.8 million...
...this study of duality, Singer recalls the psychological explorations of James, Stevenson and Conrad. Yet it is none of these authors whom he most resembles. In the illumination of the ordinary, in the acuity of his observations, Singer is sounding a theme that has not been heard in a hundred years. Bending close to the page, the reader can see the characters of Anton Chekhov - and hear once again the passionate wail of Rothschild's fiddle...