Word: gott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inevitably he nuzzles at puppy love. The girl Wanda has "elfin-upslanting eyes" and "wheaten lashes," and when Tone is near, she deep-breathes like "a deer chased by dogs." An older woman, a German, finally initiates Tone in the mysteries of sex ("Aber Gott . . . you are so young'1). Meanwhile Author Boles unravels a skein of subplots. Readers will find themselves aging rather more rapidly than Tone, who keeps himself in shape by doing knee-bends in moments of crisis and repeating that everything is "mighty very fine." The same cannot be said of Author Boles...
...Gott" was on his annual tour of our foreign bureaus. In eight weeks, he journeyed to twelve countries in Europe, Africa and South America without adventure, he reports. Since 1947, he has spent about two months each year visiting Time Inc.'s 15 foreign bureaus, most of the 64 staff correspondents and many of the 122 stringers (special correspondents). His domain is a major part of our news service, which operates more Teletype circuits than any other single publishing concern, and rates among the top four news agencies of the world. Time Inc.'s 130 correspondents...
Main reasons for Gott's travels are to keep correspondents in touch with the editors' thinking, to meet the statesmen and other leaders with whom correspondents deal locally, and to go over such problems as communications difficulties (censorship in some areas), antiquated transportation, currency exchanges and quick visas. This means busy, schedule-filled days. Of this type of travel, Gott says: "It's stimulating...
Though this year's trip was without adventure, it had its moment of romance. Gott arrived in London just in time for the surprise wedding of Correspondent Richard Weekes and Researcher Ava Smith. Genially, Gott played host at the wedding party, serving champagne and viands in our new TIME-LIFE Building...
...English climber, Captain Winter, and even Rudi's Uncle Franz must admit this is an auspicious beginning; in his 20 years as a professional guide, Franz grumbles, "for me, there has never been a rich Englishman waiting in a crevasse." Before the reader can say "Grüss Gott!" the three of them are belaying their way toward the summit, along with a tepid villain whom Rudi also rescues, for good measure. By the author of The White Tower and aimed at the schoolboy trade, this is a slick, readable fictionalized account of the 1865 conquest of the Matterhorn...