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...became a dynamo of public service, always busily organizing youth groups, a theatrical society, football team and other worthwhile projects. On Sundays, his sermons crackled with reproof of parishioners less disposed to such constant activity, but even the reproved agreed that handsome, young Abbé Desnoyers was a godsend to the flock...
...this long-suffering soul, Paul Buck's announcement yesterday must have appeared a godsend. The Director of the University Library, in saying that he "sympathized with the undergraduate request for longer hours," also indicated that he would move to extend Lamont's hours if the necessary funds could be found. Despite the addition of the conditional clause, Mr. Buck's stand is a gratifying indication that University policy towards Lamont hours has taken a turn for the better...
...price: 5,600 lire, or $9). The Italian government's Health Department has installed some 120 in hospital chapel confessionals. Rome's Pontifical Canadian College has ordered 30. Orders have streamed in from Germany and Switzerland. Said one priest from the Abruzzi mountains: "This gadget is a godsend-especially when one's parishioners, like mine, feast upon onions and garlic...
...gigantic giveaway. Since 1952, $2.5 billion has been set aside to equip NATO soldiers with everything from Italian minesweepers to German radios. "We just buy from them what they need," quipped one brasshat, "and give it back." On the other hand, many careful planners think OSP is a godsend-the cheapest, most efficient way for the U.S. to defend itself. With OSP dollars, they argue, the U.S. gets such unique military bargains as the services of the Turkish army, which fights gallantly...
...best, there are agreeable melodies with out-rageous lyrics, and two lively numbers, "He's In Love" and the first act finalo. In any case, the music helps Kismet to whirl with amiable vulgarity through thirteen scenes, and the New York businessman will probably find the show a godsend for entertaining a Big Account...