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...perfectly manipulated anarchy of Decline and Fall, at once playful and lethal, was peopled with a rout of sinister caricatures tagged with unforgettable names (Waugh is probably the most inspired creator of synthetic surnames since Charles Dickens). There were Lady Circumference and her numskull son, little Lord Tangent; Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde (later Lady Margot Metroland) and her son, Peter Pastmaster; Sir Alastair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington and Viola Chasm. This glittering, blandly selfish, pretentiously stupid upper-class riffraff was to romp through most of Waugh's later books, sharing their futile power for pointless and appalling mischief with such later...
...worried radioman thinks that television is "a Frankenstein monster that will destroy its creator." But if the monster's rivals can't lick it, they are determined to join it. The industries that have most to fear are the ones giving it the most support...
...Catholique in TIME, April 19, that the "costumes generally worn by most girl skaters are frankly indecent," reveals indecent exposure of mind. What decent mind would think of saying that a posture of girl skaters "brings to mind a posture that dogs often use?" . . . P.B. is really indicting the Creator for indecency when he charges that it is indecent to show an uncovered leg in skating or dancing...
...braces, untameable hair and raucous neigh, she out-fuffied Fuffy. Beverly is "just crazy" about Barbara, is trying to "develop more of a squeak - like my mother's." The program rates her ultimate gush : "I'd listen to it whether I were on it or not." Creator Benson, now one of MGM's top ($3,500 weekly) writers, is the show's "supervisor," a position that permits her to collect royalties and lead the sideline cheering section. Last week, Sponsor Lever Bros, received a recording of her soothing words to Barbara: "You're too young...
Like many G.I.s, Willie and Joe found it hard to get back into civilian life. Like their creator, baby-faced Cartoonist Bill Mauldin, they had found the issues much simpler Up Front than Back Home. This week, tired of coping with the problem of reconverting Willie, Joe and himself, Mauldin quit as a syndicated newspaper cartoonist...