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...protect her stings with an envelope. But what she did was a jotting down on a postcard of what she saw. She was sure she was not discovering something new, and not a single Nigerian who knew this part of Nigeria would suggest that she was sending home a made-up story...
...teaching lies just short of prophecy." His own contribution to anticipating the future has been to establish at the Baptist school in Waco, Texas one of the most fertile experimental theaters in the U.S. In 1953 he startled Shakespeareans with an Othello that split the Moor into three abstractly made-up characters who represented separate aspects of the tormented hero's character. Three years later he persuaded Actor Burgess Meredith to quit his role as Sakini in Teahouse of the August Moon, be anchor prince in a four-hero Hamlet. Last week Baker stood by as 115 student actors...
...Made-Up Mind? The President and party leaders considered two dozen possibles ranging from Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to Ohio's Chairman Ray Bliss to fireballing Chicago Camera Maker Charles H. Percy. Ultimate choice: Thruston (rhymes with boostin') Ballard Morton, 51, elected Kentucky's junior Senator in 1956. Husky (6 ft. 2 in., 185 lbs.) Thruston Morton, seventh-generation Kentuckian, is no politician-come-lately. He served three House terms (entered as a freshman with Congressman Richard Nixon). In 1952 he was the lone Eisenhower supporter in Kentucky's 20-man Taft-minded convention delegation. Later...
Inner Beauty. To their credit, more and more women are realizing that beauty is more than skin deep. They want healthy, well-formed bodies and new personalities to go with their made-up faces. Thus the growth of the cosmetics industry is being matched by the growth of reducing salons, gyms and their fellow travelers, the charm schools...
...large budget has led directly to the most made-up issue of the campaign--taxation. Both candidates need money to support their programs, yet apparently neither will tax anybody to get it. Forbes has created the issue by claiming that Meyner, if reelected, will institute a state sales or income tax, and he has pledged himself to fight these new taxes. Under pressure, Meyner has also qualifiedly declared himself against the two taxes. And both have let it be understood that they will not increase taxes on real property owners...