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However worthy, such pet projects did not seem altogether pertinent to UNESCO's director general, Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexico's able former Minister of Education, who is an impatient man. Cracked one UNESCO representative last week: "For Torres Bodet, manana means today." Bodet had a pet project of his own-nothing more nor less than peace. He favored a Yugoslav suggestion for an international intellectual congress for peace, a Belgian proposal to form a committee to study the effects of new weapons, a Czech plan to outlaw atomic weapons. When the conference rejected these projects, Bodet got sore...
...This moderation even in virtue is characteristic of Siam. As the Spaniard says manana, so the Siamese says mai ben rai. If a government official is proved crooked or a wife unfaithful, if a favorite gamecock refuses to fight or an old friend proves treacherous, the Siamese says mai ben rai. It means never mind...
Pudding actors last went trouping with "Here's the Pitch" in 1947. Last year's "Tomorrow is Manana" never left home...
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, back in the black after "Tomorrow is Manana," sent out a call yesterday for script writers, composers, lyricists, and stage designers for next year's show. At the same time it announced that the 1950 production will open in Cambridge on December 15 and then go on the traditional tour...
Gaylord, who was vice-president for this year's show, "Tomorrow Is Manana," will replace Alan F. Winslow '49 as president. Only two officers are elected for the Pudding's annual show...