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...trim-looking little Armenian, Mikoyan is an exception to the run of humorless Bolsheviks. He is happy-go-lucky, and he can tell a story. He likes to hum a tune, dance, drink. (He promised the Soviet people he would produce a good beer...
This was more than 80% of what Berlin's west sectors used to get by land before the Russians started their blockade; besides food and coal it included the other things that make a city hum: machinery and industrial raw materials. West Berliners now get 2,000 calories of food a day, 270 more than when Berlin was supplied by land...
When Queen Ingrid came on the air, she revealed that all her children have inherited their father's musical talent. "Even Anne-Marie," said the Queen, "has been able for fully a year to hum the tune of the trooping of the colors." The Queen told of her daily round of duties, adding: "However busy we may be, we always manage to be together at teatime...
...little disconcerting, for two reasons. First, the characters and plot revealed a lack of originality, as mentioned. Second, the difficulty of adjusting oneself to seeing the same actors, who only last week were so exciting as members of Shaw's Heartbreak family, reduced new to the hum-drum bickerings of Mr. Savory's Garth-Banders...
These are the storm warnings, the stuff that produces upsets. Actually, there is little difference between the 1948 performances of the two teams. Both have enjoyed only ho-hum seasons...