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...Fair Lady is the fairest lady in all Broadway's history and is still adding feathers to her beplumed hat. Fair Lady has grossed $18 million on Broadway, $37 million on the road and abroad, $15 million from sales of the original cast album -each an alltime record. Last week Warner Bros, offered $5,500,000 for the film rights-the highest price ever bid by Hollywood for a Broadway production (previous record: $2,270,000 for South Pacific...
...Birch concurred on Britain's shrunken international power, carried the argument a step further by depicting the new potency of Europe if Britain added its considerable weight to the Common Market. The result "would be a population larger than Russia or America," he said, "a community occupying the fairest part of the earth, comprising the most intelligent, hardworking people in the world-and far better able to help the Commonwealth and supply capital and know-how to underdeveloped countries." On the other hand, if Britain stayed out, Birch warned, it would not long retain what Britons like to regard...
There is no doubt at all that aristocratic Charleston, S.C. is among the fairest of U.S. cities, and it is certain that it is the proudest by far. How many Americans know (as Charlestonians do) that the Union (ugly word) consists of 50 highly questionable states and one highly sovereign city? And who else can go to bed at night with the comforting assurance that the Atlantic Ocean is formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers-right over yonder in Charleston Harbor? Above all, Charleston has its own language, a tongue completely beyond the comprehension of most...
Julie, the daughter of an old rabbit trapper named Rabit Hamil (Harry Brogan), is the youngest and fairest member of a family notorious the length and breadth of the county. "The Hamils," says a neighbor, "have the minds of rabbits, the instincts of rabbits, and the morals of rabbits." Young Luke Carey (Tim Seely) has been seeing Julie without sanction from his family. But she is determined to be his wife. "Sure," says Julie, "I wouldn't break in another greenhorn for a thousand pounds...
...rural schools in England is still lit by gas lamps; science facilities are woefully inadequate. After 15 years of work, teachers get a maximum salary of $2,800. Even more vexing is that unexpected injustice, the dreaded "eleven-plus" exam, which was set up in 1944 as the fairest way to channel children into secondary schools geared to their abilities...