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Sahl still spends much of his life in motor cars (he owns three); once a friend borrowed his Lincoln and found in it a huge pile of magazines, dirty laundry and $5,000 in cash. He dates beautiful women sporadically (Actresses Nancy Olsen, Haya Hayareet), has almost outgrown the starlet stage and has outlived a two-year romance with Actress Phyllis Kirk. Sometimes he prefers the company of carhops and waitresses ("Yes, I've worked that beat, too"). With an independent grin, he says: "I feel if you have enough of these healthy interests-watches, razors, automobiles-you will...
Dick Nixon applied for the job, got the nod from the committee of 100, and plunged into the campaign with pile-driving energy, $5,000 in savings-and an all-out assist from Pat. He won in a breeze over the New Dealing Democratic incumbent. Congressman Jerry Voorhis. Nixon's headline-making investigations of the Communist conspiracy in Government and his unmasking of Alger Hiss catapulted him to national fame and a Senate seat in 1950. Two years later, as one of the earliest and most enthusiastic ad mirers of Dwight Eisenhower, Nixon became Ike's running mate...
...lethal quantity of dust-and could not be doing a very good cleaning job besides. Grabbing a long-handled, American-made broom, the ambassador's wife showed the sweeper how to use it so that the dust, instead of flying into the air, stayed in a tidy pile. Then, discovering that such brooms were not available in India, Mrs. Bunker marched off to an Indian handicraft cooperative, displayed her broom and urged them to turn out a sample line using native materials. To push the project along, she paid much of the cost herself...
...reason why the price index has remained fairly stable in recent months is increasing competition in many industries. In the heavy appliance business in June, sales to dealers ran 12% behind last year, and as inventories pile up, prices are falling. Frigidaire last week cut prices on its line of refrigerators from 5% to 12%. General Electric dealers have also cut prices $10 to $30 on some models. Other major makers are expected to follow. Another soft spot is furniture. Dealers are also downpricing standard-size cars because of high production, heavy inventories and competition from the smaller and lower...
...errors continue to pile up. Messrs. Smith (Sir Toby) and Whitehead (Sir Andrew) insist on accenting "exquisite" on the second syllable; and their extended byplay with a bath-towel completely distracts from Malvolio's crucial letter-reading scene. As Malvolio, Richard Waring--as fine a classical speaker as any actor in the company--is vastly over-directed in his climactic cross-garter scene. One of the points of this scene is that Olivia abhors the color of yellow, yet she keeps training in and out carrying a yellow rose. After her marriage, reference is made to her wedding ring...