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...Lake Success last week, Israel's dapper little Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett* quoted the prophet Isaiah: "Lo yissa goy el goy herev welo yilmdu od milhama [Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more]." Delegate after delegate shook Sharett's hand, patted him on the back; one even kissed him on both cheeks. No handshakes or kisses were offered by the Arab delegates who, furious over Israel's admission, had stalked out of the Assembly. Next day they were back, still fuming. A bunch of New York City Zionists, adding...
...care for Clifton Webb's new film--for "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College" suffers by comparison. If it had come before "Sitting Pretty," it might have had a better chance. Nevertheless, taken by itself "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College" offers many a chuckle for admirers of that dapper, self-confessed genius Lynn Belvedere...
Same Old Faces. On the pro circuit things hadn't changed much since 1946. Most of the men who had dominated tournament play when Nelson left were still on top. At the end of the winter circuit, dapper Lloyd Mangrum, 34, led the pack in prize money (with $9,707); close on his heels in second place (with $9,110) was Sam Snead, 36, the country boy from the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia...
...Petersburg, Fla., slight, dapper James Earl Webb, 49, operates what he calls "the world's most unusual drugstore." Unlike most independent druggists, he never felt that he needed the protection of "fair-trade" (i.e., minimum-price) laws to protect him from the competition of big chain stores. Instead, he went out after customers with such unorthodox loss-leader promotions as selling two thousand $1 bills for 95? apiece. By selling everything from meat and liquor to haircuts and ladies' ready-to-wear, he boosted the annual gross of his hustle-bustling "Webb's City" from a first...
...last February, Mrs. Olive Du-rand-Deacon left her respectable London hotel to keep an appointment with dapper, 39-year-old John George Haigh. She was never seen again. Three days later, Haigh himself went to the police station and reported the disappearance. The wealthy 6g-year-old widow, he said, had never shown up for the date...