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...year-old gulped down 19 pickled onions in two minutes. They were all contestants in Cosmorama, a Screwball Olympics held in Lingfield, England, where the equivalent of a gold was winning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. The show's Bruce Jenner was Tory Roy Hatter, 25, vice chairman of the Young Conservatives and new holder of the world record for nonstop political speeches-29 hr. 12 min. 30 sec. of peroration on codfishing, women's rights and other matters. "Like most politicians," gasped Hatter after his champion performance, "I like to get my name...
...week, he sent copies of his original document to several friends, patently assuming that they would see for themselves that it was superior to the one finally adopted. At one point during the session, the mellow Franklin attempted to console Jefferson by telling him an anecdote about a Philadelphia hatter named John Thompson who had a sign made for his shop that read: JOHN THOMPSON, HATTER, MAKES AND SELLS HATS FOR READY MONEY, with a picture of a hat underneath. But before hanging the sign. Thompson showed it to friends, each of whom criticized some word or phrase ("Sells hats...
...often hamstrung by annoying mannerisms and cliches (in a scant two lines he tosses off "fresh as a daisy" and "in the wink of an eye"). He can resist neither foreign phrases nor their quick translation ("Entendu. Understood"). He fussily overexplains his English as well: "Her husband was a hatter. Yes, a maker of hats." Some of the language is, alas, inexplicable: "His nose was long and authentic-looking...
...Disneyland. Last week 6,600 of those tourists took over Disneyland for a night, and an unusual group they were: members and relatives of members of the American Psychiatric Association, which held its annual convention at Anaheim, Calif. In a happy exercise of regression, they all visited the Mad Hatter's tea party, bought Mickey Mouse hats and hugged Goofy the Dog as if he had just returned from a traumatic trip to the vet. Explained Dr. Miles Shore, superintendent of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston: "You enjoy the fantasies of your childhood again, and it acts...
Paco Canales, who has swum well all year, will be counted on in the 500 free to go against "Hatter Canales has recorded a 4:47 in the event this season...