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...builder. On hand to show them around and plug the sale of a guidebook (threepence the copy) was Blenheim's present owner. "Who's that old geezer?" one broadly accented tourist asked him, pointing to a portrait on the wall. "My grandfather," answered His Grace, the loth Duke of Marlborough, beaming amiably above his Glen plaid jacket and regimental tie. A village caterer served tea at half-a-crown a plate. "I just get a percentage," * admitted the Duke...
...industrial output keyed to an annual steel production of 11.1 million tons; actually, West Germany's mills produce only 9 million. The country has 1,300,000 unemployed. Industry's gravest trouble: a severe shortage of credit to finance reconstruction. Both Germans and Americans have been loth to invest in German industry. Said one wise U.S. economist: "The critical question is still one of confidence...
...there was nothing wrong with his arm that time could not cure. He had pulled a shoulder muscle in spring training at Tucson, while demonstrating Cleveland's pickoff play for photographers, and the arm stayed weak. Complete rest might have been the soundest treatment, but the Indians were loth to shelve their high-priced star; Right-Hander Feller took his pitching turn-and his lumps-without complaint...
...movie is essentially and chiefly a character portrayal of a man reacting to crushing adversities. Judge Cooke had previously been noted for his unreasonable adherence to the precise letter of the Law, being loth to consider a defendant's intentions. Now, as he is pronounced innocent of the murder of his wife, he is admonished by the presiding judge that because he intended to perform the act, he is in fact legally innocent but morally guilty. Rising, Judge Calvin Cooke stands erect and addresses the court thus: "In the future, your Honor, I shall take heed of mens' intentions...
...hands; non-fiction was sounder and solider than in 1946 or 1947. Historical novels still dominated the bestseller lists most of the year, but serious fiction, especially war novels, was giving them a run for their money. As the summer drew to a close, the late Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman's Peace of Mind, after months of leadership, had been replaced by Dale Carnegie's more practical guide to the same end, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Even so, a surprising number of better books had climbed up among the top moneymakers...