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...Sometimes I wish I were a dictator ... A ruler, a strong man, a titan ... With a ruthless grasp on power and an iron grip on the helm of government ... But loved ... The law is my law the people are my people, whomever I conquer remains conquered. Premier Bernard, King Bernard, Czar Bernard ... Boy ... Then Could I meet girls...
Melodious Schmalz. Kreisler's technique was sometimes shaky (he had an occasional tendency to slip off key), but the tone was always glowing, the rhythms dynamic, the conceptions full of grandeur. A cultivated man who spoke eight languages and had a scholar's grasp of history, philosophy and mathematics, he brought to every performance a warmth and simplicity that spoke straight through the mind to the heart...
...Death Knell. The sophistication of appeals to the Negro market is increasing, but still leaves much to be desired. Says Frank Seymour, general manager of Detroit's Negro radio station WCHB: "Too many advertisers have failed to grasp a simple point: ask the Negro for his business with courtesy and respect. Don't talk down to him and cut out the Amos 'n' Andy bit." Like many Negro marketing experts, however, Seymour believes that the progress that U.S. Negroes are making toward economic and social equality will eventually make special appeals unnecessary. He predicts that within...
...Gerry Williams, who stands only 5 ft. 8 in. tall, weighs 145 Ibs.. and looks like a refugee from Biddy Basketball. But Williams' scrawny legs are like steel springs. He can high-jump 6 ft. 6 in., enjoys nothing more than snatching a rebound out of the grasp of a startled enemy giant...
...Bateman, assigned by headquarters to investigate the bookstore, shifts allegiance and becomes the cameraman. Each is held to the bookseller by his hurts, but each, unexpectedly, is strengthened more than corrupted. Julius approaches self-knowledge; Louise is subtly encouraged to face marriage and raise a family; Veronica's grasp of reality is strengthened; Bateman, numbed by an early divorce, comes to life again in an affair with Veronica...