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...year-old, $23 a-week clerk he was. One of seven children, he had been spoiled by his mother, a talented musician, bullied by his father. Early in life sexual immaturity made him the butt of girl-friend jokes. In World War I he was wounded by a mustard-gas shell, lost his sight for five months and the power of speech for three years. Working as a clerk, he met and married Ethel Simpson, took a job as a postman but was caught opening mail and cashing postal orders, and went to jail for three months...
...wise diner begins with one of several appetizers. Taramosalata is the best lead-off dish. Composed of red caviar mixed with lemon, olive oil, and bread soaked in water, its taste combines saltiness with a tart savor. Also, shrimp with a special sauce of lemon, olive oil, dry mustard, and the much used Greek herb, rigone, will start the meal well...
...persuaded by his associates that he could contribute more to the Allied cause as a researcher than as a slightly-underweight and very academic doughboy. Dutifully he proceeded to a small factory in Willoughby, Ohio where the army was developing poison gas. He worked out a method of preparing mustard gas on a large scale, and contributed to the original discovery of deadly Lewisite...
...Hofstra College in Hempstead, L.I., the Crown and Lance fraternity planned its "Hell Week" hazing with care. After a nod of approval from their faculty sponsor, the fun-loving brothers daubed the heads and bellies of seven blindfolded pledges with a noxious mixture of ketchup, mustard, egg yolk and water. The pledges promptly broke out in skin blisters ; one got a badly burned eye. Suspecting that heavyhanded undergraduates had fouled up the recipe with lye or turpentine, the interfraternity council decreed that Hofstra will hereafter have no hazing...
...Stage sets for the New York City Ballet Company. 80. In Too Old to Cut the Mustard popular Rosemary Clooney sings a raucous country alto to the improbable baritone of: 1. Paul Dixon...