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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though she flatly denied that it ever happened, Washington Hostess with Almost the Mostes' Gwen Cafritz was flatly contradicted by Washington Daily News Columnist Carol LeVarn. What Gwen told Carol, according to Carol: "You never know who men are at parties. The other night at dinner I sat next to a good-looking grey-haired man and I picked up his place card. It said. 'Mr. McDonald.' Well, Mr. McDonald could be anybody. I said, 'What do you do, Mr. McDonald?' and he said, 'You dumb broad, I'm on the front pages...
Sharply satirical one moment about political figures or popular songs, Flanders and Swann are gaily whimsical the next about animals (their specialty) or plants in love. Their tone is sophisticated; they never spell words out, and use many that are foreign. Their joking is educated, with here a lurking bit of Wordsworth, there a pun on Kyd. They can be most lively when most deadpan, and most deadly when most daft. But their triumph rests on their total effect. Delightful as their songs can be (one is about an Oxford-bred cannibal who no longer likes eating people), the evening...
...necessary to enforce an order, the most desirable kind, said Dr. Kenward, is to turn the misbehavior itself into a weapon. A girl who likes neat clothes but refuses to hang them up will eventually get tired of wearing wrinkled dresses. If a child steals, he must make restitution. Next obvious stage in punishment is depriving the child of privileges...
...News-Sentinel, Whitehead will produce three columns a week on anything that comes to mind, while continuing to work on his next book. This week his first column began: "A wise man once said that home is where the heart is, and that's what I've decided after years of knocking around this troubled, exciting old world. No one was more surprised than I when the realization finally came that 'home' was back here in these ancient and beautiful hills that seem to bound a little world of their...
...also stirred interest in other Government bonds, perked up the market to the best level in weeks. Though nearly $9 billion of Treasury securities fall due Nov. 15 and must be refinanced, they continued strong on the hunch that if the Government comes back with another 5% issue next month, the holders of these notes would receive valuable subscription rights...