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...White House did not even need to count its mail to know that the President's save-the-budget TV message was the closest thing to a political flop that Ike has ever had. Most perceptive editorial writers agreed with what he said ("earnest and impressive," said the often-critical Washington Post and Times Herald). But most also thought that he was far too late in saying it. "He should have moved when Secretary Humphrey made his incredible [curl your hair] criticism," said the pro-budget Atlanta Constitution. "Meanwhile, the enemies took possession of the field and established themselves...
...Wonderville Susan met droll, cantankerous Mr. Pegasus, whose elaborate Cartoon-a-Machine grunted out a canned Terrytoon. In the Foolish Forest she met an all-animal orchestra which included Wolfgang, the violin-playing bear, flop-eared Gregory, the rabbit flutist, and Bruce, the world's only drum-beating gopher-all ingeniously manipulated by wires backstage. Pegasus baited the conductor, Caesar P. Penguin: "He's the world's worst orchestra leader." Said Caesar: "This is not kind. In fact I am going to take umbrage; sometimes I have a headache and I take umbrage." While Caesar took umbrage...
Investors refused to bite; the issue was a flop. Last week the Treasury revealed that $1,167,000,000 worth of the maturing notes were turned in for cash, the biggest percentage rate for any Treasury issue in six years. Furthermore, investors showed an overwhelming preference for the short-term certificates, thus foreshadowing further Treasury trouble in floating long-term issues...
Then Edgar began pointing at brother Milton, 57, who is president of Johns Hopkins University, at Eisenhower Adviser Paul Hoffman and at White House Staff Chief Sherman Adams. Said Edgar: "Hoffman's made a flop of everything he ever put his hand to. Adams and I certainly don't see alike. In fact, we rub each other the wrong way, but I think he has tremendous influence with Dwight. I know Dwight listens to him all the time. He's indicated that about Milton too. They're all too liberal...
...Lorenzo da Ponte was not only a fop but a flop. As Poet to the Imperial Theaters in Vienna, it was his duty to write librettos for "great composers," but Da Ponte had muffed the job. In 1785 he decided to collaborate with "an almost unknown, second-rate composer" named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Joseph II was shocked by such folly, but eventually, the amiable Emperor gave his approval. The new opera was Le Nozze di Figaro. So began the greatest collaboration in operatic history. To this day, says British Biographer April FitzLyon, nobody quite knows why "the facile, mediocre poet...