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CHINESE GORDON: THE STORY OF A HERO (256 pp.)-Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson-Funk & Waqnalls...
When Beria fell seven months ago, a change came over George. "Old Georgie seemed definitely in a funk the last few times I saw him," said a Western acquaintance. He had reason to be. Four weeks ago, a Russian team arrived in Japan for the world's speed-skating championships. They reserved an extra seat on the way back-for George. He had had orders to return to Moscow...
...RIVERS RAN EAST (366 pp.)-Leonard Clark-Funk & Wagnalls...
LOST TRAILS, LOST CITIES (332 pp.)-Colonel P. H. Fawcett-Funk & Wag-nails...
...with the clumsy conjunction "and/or" that was forever popping up in legal documents, the Georgia state house of representatives turned lexicographer for a moment and solemnly invented a substitute, "andor.'' But would the new word stick? Commented Lexicographer Wilfred Funk: "A deliberative body cannot legislate into existence a new word. Words live or die according to how they are accepted. I do not think 'andor' can live...