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...knows what causes "mono" although most authorizes favor a virus. However, no transmissible agent has ever been isolated. Doctors, although they do not know the specific cause, claim that young unmarried people who are often fatigued are particularly vulnerable. Perhaps this explains why the colleges and school infirmaries have from five to seven-hundred percent more cases than do public hospitals in the same area. The student who suffers form football weekends and hour exams is more liable to suffer than the office worker who enjoys neither of these benefits...
...best line in English poetry [TIME, Sept. 13]: the late eminent critic, George Saintsbury, plumped for Shakespeare's Hamlet line, "The rest is silence," as one of the two "jewels four words long" in all poetry. The other, of course (said Saintsbury), is Sappho's "Ego de mono, kateudo" [But I sleep alone...
Perennially best-dressed Mrs. Mono Williams, 57, widow of Utilitycoon Harrison Williams and chief heir to his reported $100 million, opened a flower and fruit stand on the grounds of her 60-acre Long Island estate. Planning to peddle the products of her own gardens and orchards, she saw no good reason why the rich should not grow richer. Said she: "It's not just for fun. I hope the shop will pay for itself. You don't go into business unless you plan to make money...
...Terence Harold) Robsjohn-Gibbings has written witheringly about antiques (Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale) and modern art (Mono, Lisa's Mustache). In his new book, Homes of the Brave (Knopf; $3.50), he launches an attack on modern home design that may send readers reeling back to the old mohair sofa...
Columnists were busy making a match between Bing Crosby, 48, and blonde, Cinemactress Mono (Dear Wife) Freeman, 26, first introduced to Hollywood by Producer Howard Hughes, who discovered her working as a model in Manhattan. Louella Parsons noted that Mona's mother "is taking shots and getting her passports so she can accompany Mona to Europe. There's a possible picture deal, and, of course, Bing Crosby," who sailed last week on the Queen Elisabeth. Broadway's Danton Walker reported that friends predicted a wedding "at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in December...