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British Impresario Eric Douglas Morley is the man who launched commercial bingo in Great Britain and inaugurated a television program in 1949 called Come Dancing that has been broadcast by the BBC ever since. Few things are as close to Morley's heart, however, as the Miss World beauty contest, which he founded in 1951. He established it as a racier international version of the Miss America pageant and served as the announcer and chairman of the beauty judges...
...point better driven home than in the final pages of the book, where Nixon sums up his reflections on leadership. Closing what has in truth been a halfway interesting read, one is struck by the noticeable lack of comment on the moral qualities of leadership. Oh, Nixon doesn't miss the chance to make a comment or two about Khruschev's untrustworthiness or duplicity. But when it comes to the leaders he really would like to emulate, he is systematically silent about their personal incorruptability. For it was moral worth that Nixon himself could never attain. And that's something...
...hell out of them forecast the Crimson mentor." Anybody who dislikes Dartmouth can come here Saturday night and have an enjoyable evening. THE NOTEBOOK: Forward Joe Carrabino still hasn't returned to Cambridge. The 6-ft., 8-in junior is still recovering from a back injury and may miss the entire season. McLaughlin, always an ardent supporter of the Harvard University Band sported an "I love the Harvard Band" button last night in protest of Army's refusal to let the band perform at halftime of this year's Harvard football game...
...Audiences nourished on the sophisticated child's play of the Sesame Street Muppets and the music-hall camaraderie of The Muppet Show may not be ready to relinquish pleasure for awe as they enter The Dark Crystal's palatial cavern. And they may not be alone. Miss Piggy would take one look at the place and order pink satin drapes. -By Richard Corliss