Word: fisherisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whisper in Great Cornard. Like most political tempests, this one began as a whisper in the grass roots. Young (34) Len Fisher is the local handyman in Great Cornard, a village of 1,000 souls which has drowsed on Suffolk's green plains through seven centuries of British history. He is also secretary of the local Labor Party, and early last year, he got to thinking. Like many another Briton, especially of Socialist persuasion, he was worried about the hostility between Communism and the West. And he was worried about rearming the Germans. So he sat down...
Following the 17-day meeting of the World Council of Churches in Illinois (see RELIGION), Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, took a quick trip north into Canada. Asked at Calgary, Alberta, why he was making the trip, he replied with a twinkle: "If the Bishop is listening, I came to visit the Diocese of Western Canada. If he's not listening, I came to see the Rockies...
...Regular Fellow. Fisher can be adamant. Most notable example: his stand against church marriage of the divorced, whether the "innocent party" or not. When, in 1950, the then Queen's niece, Lady Anson, innocent party in a divorce, was to marry Prince George of Denmark. Fisher ordered the clergyman who was to have performed the ceremony not to do so, also advised the Queen not to attend. The wedding was performed by a Danish Lutheran minister while the Queen discreetly cooled her heels in a drawing room...
...child is not enough, nor is two," according to Fisher. "Three would be all right, because then the children can outvote the parents." He and his wife Rosamond ("Roz"), a greying, matronly and whip-smart delegate to Evanston, have six-all of them boys.* So far they have given the Fishers four grandchildren-all girls. "We just decided to change sexes," explains the archbishop...
Steeped in Aplomb. While Hollywood was beginning the new season with drama, Manhattan concentrated on songsters. Eddie Fisher and Perry Como arrived back on TV with the dependability of swallows zooming into Capistrano. Soon due are such talented warblers as Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Martha Wright and Jane Froman. Eddie Fisher sang four songs, worked in a little quick sell for his sponsor (Coca-Cola), and on ballads, unashamedly imitated his idol, Perry Como...