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...Pulpit is the place where irritating mannerisms dog the most conscientious. Some of the commonest: "Leaning on the pulpit . . . using one's handkerchief like a mop . . . dropping one's voice to a whisper for effect . . . crouching, with knees bent, as if to make a spring; 'making faces...
Impressionists. In Springfield, Mass., Custodian Alexander Caranicholas went to the hospital and Custodian Frank Klupa went to court after fighting over the use of a mop-pail in the Museum of Fine Arts...
...final judging for the championship of the show, Storm was matched against a Skye terrier which looked like a dust mop, a prissy poodle, a sad-eyed bloodhound, a self-conscious Irish setter and a pudgy pug. It was hardly a contest. Storm, sleek and cocky, paraded around with the aplomb of a high-fashion model. He stood stolidly as the judge solemnly inspected his teeth, eyes, haunches and toenails. Some 10,000 dog fanciers were on tenterhooks as the judge walked over to where all the silverware was. Dramatically, at just the proper moment, the judge pointed at Storm...
...trouble seemed to be television's unblinking eye. Explained a spokesman, Sir Robert Knox: "Those moments of coronation will demand all the Queen's concentration. Under direct television she would be acutely conscious of every movement. She might feel the need to touch her face or mop her brow and would know that every tiny gesture . . . was being relayed everywhere." Even worse: "One could expect that this very sacred ceremony would be watched by people in a bar, for instance...
...Mop-Up. In St. Louis, after stealing a safe containing $265 from a gasoline company, the thieves phoned Owner Ernest J. Hilgert and tried to wheedle the combination from...