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...Real friends, indeed," said Prime Minister Mohammed Ali, who during his 14 months as Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. learned to like American food, slang and automobiles, and learned the value of the old American custom of saying thank you. While U.S. visitors, accustomed to Asian suspicion or dislike of the U.S., were still getting over their surprise, 98 camels were shuffled up with their carts, to take the wheat to the railroad station to be sent upcountry. Around the camels' scrawny necks hung placards in Urdu, reading: "Thank you, U.S.A...
...Wagner was directing his music festivals at Bayreuth, he shut up the Festspielhaus every third season-which was only reasonable for a man who wanted time to write more operas. Under no such pressure, the composer's grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner,* last week shattered another hallowed Bayreuth custom, opened their third Wagner Festival in three years with a new production of Lohengrin...
...India, a Hindu politico put it more vividly: "Whenever a great Mogul ascended to the throne in ancient India, he killed all his brothers and cousins because of fear that they might challenge his position. Russia's rulers are only following this bloody custom. Malenkov has begun the massacre of all Stalin's potential heirs...
...University of Southern California rooting section spelled out his name at halftime, and soldiers at Santa Ana Camp marched into chow singing "MUNTZ, that's Muntz." And his gross jumped from $150,000 to $1,000,000 a month. Dissatisfied with car design, he put out his own custom-built sports car, still makes 100 a year...
...last the utility has issued a report to the stockholders. Bing, besought by the Satevepost, has dictated his memoirs to Writer Pete Martin, and they have been published under a title, Call Me Lucky, calculated to retouch the custom-made halo of modesty around one of the shrewdest heads in show business. Already published in excerpt by the Post, Call Me Lucky is now off on a climb into bestseller lists...