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Mess Kit. In Visalia, Calif., police looked for a man who walked into Tootle's 216 Club, ate and paid for a steak dinner, then ran out the door with his knife, fork and spoon...
...Nights, Miyoshi would listen to the local U.S. Army radio station, to Dinah Shore and Peggy Lee and Doris Day, and try to copy them. After her graduation from school, her teacher took the class to a hotel, gave them a lesson in how to use a knife and fork; then they were deemed ready for the world. But the professional bands were not ready for Miyoshi ("They thought I was the little country bear from Hokkaido"). Eventually, though, she became a hit on Japanese radio and TV. For three years she hardly ever had a day off. Then...
...Paris. One example of his talent for smoothing out differences: only three Vichy archbishops lost their jobs, despite the Gaullists' bitter feelings about them as collaborationists. In addition to respecting his ability, the French also liked his cuisine. Roncalli is known as what the Italians call "a powerful fork" (his filling favorites: raviolini, polenta with small birds, hare in salmi, chamois in salmi, deviled chicken, tripe Bergamasque...
...Good idea. All right, fellow, you can go behind this building to the stalls and ask the stableboy for a fork...
...intelligence, settled in California, and tried to forget his painful experiences. He has never had a chance to forget: 17 years later, onetime Guerrilla Linehan, now 61, is still being deviled by Government bureaucrats. Last week came an ultimatum from Washington: Linehan could either defend himself in court or fork over the $554.89 that he owed the U.S. for his fare from Australia on a U.S.-owned troopship...