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...high spot of vocal gymnastics spoke most strongly for the Princeton Club. Barely any "falling apart" or less of unison accompanied the tricky arpeggios in Beethoven's "Oh, What Delight," the Prisoners Chorus from "Fidelio," "Maiden Fair" suffered from the basses and "My Lovely Celia" from the inarticulate delivery of the lyric...
...might do well yourself, in fact, to follow the party line the next time your maiden aunt asks you about that homicide Saturday south of the border. Just look dark and reconstructed and say, "Mammy, ah reckon ah don't rightly know...
Unlike the Queens, the Media will never set a speed record. On her maiden voyage, she made the 3,073 nautical miles from Liverpool to New York at a comfortable 185 knots in six days and 23 hours. But her skipper was satisfied. She had done splendidly, said he, "in a bit of every kind of weather...
...maiden, pocket-sized issue went to 4,000 white-collar girls-and used up all the subscription money they had paid in. To keep going, Betty went to a bank (for $1,000), to Dallas Oilman Harold D. Byrd (for $5,000 and a partnership), and to 90 Texans whom she invited to a free chicken dinner. With dessert she served a 45-minute speech, talked 45 of her guests into buying $8,600 worth of stock...
...corridor recently said was Britain's one hope. As Captain Illingworth's deputy, he runs the crew. On last week's voyage, the crew was about 30% new to the ship. A few obviously did not know their way about. But, considering that it was a maiden voyage in a sense, surprisingly few hitches developed and the officers were delighted. The crew morale was skyhigh...