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Beuben A. Brower, professor of English and instructor of Hum 6, had Frost for a teacher at Amherst College. They have been friendly ever since. Frost, who is now living in Cambridge, learned that Hum 6 is covering his poems and asked Brower if he could speak about them to the class...
...take your date to The Threepenny Opera and hum along as the chorus sings "Trust Not in Justice." Don't take the words too seriously. They were made for an earlier and less fortunate...
...stage, Captain Macheath and Mrs. Peachum can scream bitter words to sneering music; but in the audience a dentist will tap his feet and hum along gaily. "This is as good as My Fair Lady," he whispers to his plump wife. "It's better," she answers; "it's more modern...
...Colonial Williamsburg. Their generous philanthropies and their Inter national Basic Economy Corp., which underwrites businesslike ventures in developing lands, make it possible for helicopters to spray coffee trees in Brazil, low-cost housing to rise in Chile, astronomers to search the skies from Mount Palomar, textile machinery to hum in the Congo, supermarkets to peddle groceries in Milan, and antiquarians to admire the re-created haunts of Socrates in Athens...
Where oh where can that battle horn be? The well-aled machinery of the Yard begins to ho-hum. "Police photographers" rush in, set up their cameras, photograph the police. Dragnets are spread. "Calling Car ii D. Turn left into Oxford Street . . . Calling Car 5 K. Turn right into Oxford Street." Crash! A few frames later a man's suit is found without a man in it. After exhaustive analysis, the lab releases its report: "This suit needs cleaning." Suddenly a stone comes flying through the window and lands on Quilt's desk. "Aha!" cries the master sleuth...