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Because Queen Elizabeth II's "public relations are too often bungled," London's Sunday Express set aside chauvinism, nominated an American "expert" for the job of handling palace public relations. The Express' choice: suave expatriate Cinemactor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., K.B.E., "a good mixer, a tireless getter-about and smoother-out of trouble...
What the French student needs is not too different from what the French people need. He needs to be a go-getter, an eager beaver, someone out for a fast buck. Say what you may, it's this kind of person that has brought competition into the U.S. And we all know from our civics books that competition makes us strong...
...WITH YOUR STORY ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA. THE STORY WAS COMPLETELY WRONG IN SAYING "KNOWLAND IS ... LEAST FAVORITE SON." SENATOR KNOWLAND HAS HELD MORE PUBLIC OFFICES AND PARTY POSITIONS THAN NIXON AND KNIGHT PUT TOGETHER. HE HAS BEEN AN OFFICEHOLDER LONGER AND BY FAR THE BEST VOTE-GETTER, INCLUDING THE CHIEF JUSTICE, IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY...
...less aggressive type than Longstreth, this might be considered a dubious honor. Dilworth is a vote-getter. An honored Marine veteran of both world wars (an arm wound in the Soissons drive of 1918, a Silver Star from Guadalcanal), Dick Dilworth is a successful Philadelphia lawyer, specializing in libel suits. He was elected city treasurer in 1949 and was a key man on the Democratic team that ousted the Republican machine from the city hall after 67 unbroken years of sodden rule. In 1951 he was elected district attorney...
Biggest laugh-getter was Judgment of Paris* by British Choreographer Anthony Tudor, which turned Greek mythology's trio of goddesses into three aging Parisian filles of dubious joie, vying for the favor of a sleepy potential customer (Tudor). Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva. As Juno, Ballerina Viola Essen conveyed the bored allure of a Minsky stripper at the first morning show. And as Minerva, Ballet Theater Angel Lucia Chase achieved...