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...Wilkes-Barre), was heavily attacked by Grundymen who called him "a cardboard candidate," "Little Sir Echo," and a "political judge" who winked at gambling. Grundy set out a bait for undecided voters by backing retired Philadelphia Banker Jay Cooke, who insisted he was an independent. Duff met the challenge headon. "Cooke is no more independent of the old guard than the thumb on Grundy's right hand," snorted Duff. "I would prefer to be defeated than to be on a mixed ticket...
When argumentative mail came in, Spaeth explained that "most popular" did not necessarily mean "the best." Which were the best? He decided to meet that question headon, too. This week he gave his own answer in the Times. Only two songs, Stardust and St. Louis Blues made both lists. The other eight "best" according to Spaeth: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1912), Lazy (1924), The Man 1 Love (1924), Chloe (1927), I'll See You Again (1929), All the Things You Are (1939), If I Loved You (1945), Were Thine That Special Face...
...Fair Deal and its welfare state. The Republicans' John Foster Dulles did not say "yes, but-" or hint he could do it better; he declared bluntly that the Fair Deal was "statism," and he was against it. The Democrats' Herbert Lehman accepted the challenge headon: "If I go to Washington, I will work for a welfare state...
...Architecture: "There won't be room in most small living rooms for both fireplaces and television sets." Because TV sets are best viewed headon, "this mechanical fact may elongate the room, to avoid waste space on either side of the optimum viewing arc. Windows must be disposed to preclude the advent of any glare . . . Furniture groupings will be theater-style . . ." As screens grow larger, light in the room will be reduced. This, naturally, will require the use of luminous knives, forks and china...
...nine-man band made sweet music that sounded like two marshmallows meeting headon. Its shuffling, danceable rhythm treacled out of a fair piano, a soggy sax, a toneless trumpet, a cooing clarinet and a bass. The feature acts, a good old square dance and the numbers the boys in the band clowned up in trick hats and phony mustaches, were strictly corny. But last week, while many another U.S. nightclub with tonier entertainment was as empty as the inside of a kettledrum, Chicago's old standby, the Blackhawk Restaurant, couldn't find room for all the customers...