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...happy with pictures of them romping in bathing suits beneath the palms. Union Pacific sent him out to look over the site of an Idaho ski resort it planned to name Ketchum after the nearest town. Snorted Hannagan: "The columnists will soon be cracking 'Ketchum and fleece 'em.'" As he felt the warm sun, Hannagan said: "Call it Sun Valley." Soon his bathing beauties were wearing skis. Hannagan hauled out trainloads of celebrities (e.g., 20th Century-Fox's Darryl Zanuck, Author Ernest Hemingway and Crooner Bing Crosby), knowing that if they liked it others would follow...
...em Eat Cake...
...Readers. Chief instrument of Perón's rough-'em-&-rule-'em policy is a branch of the police called "Political Order." Headed by ex-Detective Camilo Racana, the branch is now estimated to number some 50,000 plainclothesmen and undercover informants, including a large female contingent and a trained squad of lip readers. One day last week, an architect going home by streetcar noticed a particularly ramshackle bus that had just had a new paint job. Without thinking, he turned to the passenger beside him and asked: "Wonder why they wasted paint on that old wreck...
...most numerous type (and at this time of year the resorts are lousy with 'em) is the "snowbunny." This term is usually mouthed with much contempt by those who "know how." It means that the poor guy hasn't had much experience. He asks straight as far as he can till he meets another skier, or a tree, or a bump, and then he falls down. When he gets up he tries again. But he's happy. He loves the feel of the cool clear crystals in his early, the wind whipping by his watering eyes, and the relaxing ride...
...named Seattle's "Man of the Year," and at a big civic dinner, with the governor in attendance, Johnny took over the mike to explain how such a little fellow could be so good. Deliberately feigning a strong Jersey accent, Johnny grinned: "Well, foist youse baffle 'em wit science and den youse have a brudder like mine...