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Certainly not nigel molesworth the curse of st custard's. For it was he, the reader soon discovers, who stole the cheese from the matron's mousetrap, dropped the goldfish into the piano, set a bear trap by the fireplace on Christmas Eve, and rendered poor little Eustace Togglington insensible on the very first night of school, while trying out the "nuclear torturer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: the curse of st custard's | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

Verminous Virtuosity. Though the females of his species-the famed belles of St. Trinian's-are perhaps more deadly, molesworth is more refined. It's the difference between the cobra and the roach. Rather than crush a master's skull, this little poobah prefers to nibble at his sanity, and at least in the case of "Sigismund arbuthnot, the mad maths master," nigel has brilliantly succeeded. In general, he has perfected the art of creeping antisocialism, which has been practiced by boys of every land and time but seldom with such verminous virtuosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: the curse of st custard's | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

...Topp, molesworth is an old lag at st custard's, and he finds it easy pappy if you can stand the pi-jaw (magisterial yatata). In case it all gets too much, nigel offers the molesworth daydream service ("Are you fatigued? Bored, rundown . . .? Help yourself to a MOLESWORTH DAYDREAM. Simple, easy to operate. No gadgets . . ."). Best among the catalogue of daydreams offered is the one in which the whole school is swept away by the grate st custard's flood, but molesworth and prudence entwhistle, the beautiful under-matron, survive in a rowboat ("how peaceful it is upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: the curse of st custard's | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

What Every Swot Should Know. Then again, in a more realistic vein he ofers the molesworth bogus report card ("Destroy reel report when it comes along") and the invaluable molesworth self-adjusting thank-you letter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: the curse of st custard's | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

...businessmen at the conference thought that the Atomic Age had already arrived. Everyone agreed that it might be years before research on nuclear projects showed up on profit sheets. But the prospects are dazzling. Before the businessmen, Gordon Molesworth, an atomic energy consultant for a Manhattan brokerage firm, laid out the requirements for power plants alone during the next 20 years. Said he: By 1975 atomic power plants will be producing 100 million kw. annually, some 25% of the U.S. total. To build them, U.S. industry will need a capital of at least $40 billion. Added Molesworth: "Beyond that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC ENERGY: Giant Stride | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

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