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...atmosphere. He did it again during a 1956 hearing of the Senate's airpower subcommittee, when Washington's Democratic Senator "Scoop" Jackson and then Defense Secretary Charles Wilson got into a name-calling argument. Ervin busted in: "I've always been able to sympathize with what Jonah is reputed to have said after the whale threw him off on dry land after three days: 'If you'd kept your mouth shut, this thing wouldn't have happened.' " Ervin's comment may have been irrelevant to the issue-but both Jackson and Wilson...
...fulltime staff of Schwarz toymakers turns out specially built toys that include such childish delights as "a city-mouse house" and a cousinly "country-mouse house." Two weeks ago, celebrating its 100th birthday, Schwarz put on sale $50,000 worth of antique toys, including a 75-year-old Jonah and the Whale bank ($100) and a 100-piece German miniature kitchen ($1,000). By the end of last week, $10,000 worth had already been sold...
Judah Stampfer, an assistant professor of English at New York State University, who should know better, has written a grievously long short-story entitled Jonah. Stampfer clearly understands how to construct English sentences; he does not, however, know when to stop. Nor does he comprehend the least thing about plotting a story...
Adam & Ekberg.. "In a certain sense, the Bible is already a screenplay," says De Laurentiis, who has hired British Playwright Christopher Fry to help him prove it. Unnecessary parts-"the Psalms, for example"-may be cut. But Noah and Jonah will voyage, the Red Sea will part, and Moses will, of course, once again receive the Ten Commandments. Since De Laurentiis feels that "we can only do this once and it had better be right,'' he is in constant touch with the Vatican's motion picture office. Also, he does not want The Bible...
...Mouseville, built to resemble a big cheese, they can study scurrying white mice, and in the Hurdy-Gurdy House, a monkey swings to music. Best of all. they can slide down a "rabbit hole" just like Alice, and walk into the mouth of a huge whale just like Jonah...