Word: milo
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...Tooze then predicted that Prohibition would make a comeback in ten years or so, and confidently informed 565 fellow teetotalers at the group's annual convention in 86-proof Miami that "the liquor industry is worried about us." "She has the most fantastic figure since Venus de Milo - absolutely perfect," recalled one disarmed Hollywood gent who retains fond memories of French Actress Agnes Laurent, 26, although she once bopped him. Not so for Cinema Scion Arthur Loew Jr., 35, who was rushed to the emergency room of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital to have nine stitches taken...
...What is the rest of your family like?' said Milo, this time a bit more sympathetically...
...that can never be,' said Milo jumping to his feet...
...like Leacock, like any writer who can really appeal to children, Juster is out to explore, not disillusion. The boundary line he establishes between reality and fantasy is just an imaginary tollbooth, and unlike real tollbooths, this one reimburses itself into obsolescence; after one voyage, Milo's real world has become sufficiently full of exciting ideas...
There is also a beauty to Juster's style. The Princess of Reason, after he rescues her, tells Milo...