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Awakened at 2 a.m. from a sound sleep, Glenn had eaten a hearty breakfast (orange juice, poached eggs, a small filet mignon) with a surprise guest, Marine Corps Commandant David M. Shoup. The astronaut underwent a final physical examination, then began squeezing into his silver space suit. At 5:12 a.m. Glenn entered the capsule ("You don't get in it," he once joked, "you put it on'') and began his long wait...
...ever been on television. As Ralph Kramden. husband and bus driver. Gleason stared with massive malevolence at his mother-in-law and pounded the kitchen table, a big man with big gestures under a half-acre of black curls. He looked like a big basset hound who had just eaten W. C. Fields, his expression a melange of smugness, mischievousness, humility, humor, guilt, pride, warmth, confidence, perplexity, and orotund, bug-eyed naivete...
...touch football. The President, his sisters, and brother Ted also drove into Hyannis to the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. memorial skating rink; all but Jack put on rented skates and spent an hour playing tag on the ice and practicing figure eights. That evening, after the children had eaten, the Kennedy adults sat down in Father Joe's dining room to a groaning board: Vermont turkey, candied sweet potatoes, cranberries from nearby bogs and assorted pies...
...mountain shapes of Kweilin spread even more fantastic rumors: the sour-tasting new soy sauce is said to be made from human hair. In Peking, when the first fish to arrive in weeks proved rotten, enraged women beat up a Communist official. Everywhere the traditional Chinese greeting "Have you eaten?" has turned bitter...
...Ives Washburn, Inc.; $3), Tiffany Board Chairman Walter Hoving offers comforting advice. "Be nonchalant," says he. If you choose the wrong fork or knife, don't fidget, keep eating. Sip soup from the side of the spoon or from the end-it makes no difference. Asparagus may be eaten with the fingers, as may artichokes and corn on the cob (exception: chicken). The finger bowl? Don't ponder its use; just remove it until time to dip fingertips. Other items...