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...Oliver, musicomedian and ex-son-in-law of Winston Churchill, made his debut as a symphony conductor, offered "popular classics" at prim Albert Hall. A critic's report: "curious idea of tempo and no idea of rhythm...
...fury of his assault left him wide open for counterblows. Prim Prime Minister Clement Attlee answered in the most effective political speech of his 23 years in the House. Smiled Attlee: "The burden of Mr. Churchill's remarks is this: 'Why, when you are elected to carry out a Socialist program, don't you carry out a Conservative program?'" Churchill sat quietly while the House cheered Attlee...
...voice heated with emotion, prim Mr. King reminded the House that Canada had resumed rationing in September to make "the fullest possible contribution to the needs of the United Kingdom and the continent of Europe." He had noted during his recent fact-finding visit to Britain that the outlook was now "even more urgent and more desperate...
...neglect or forget Robert Dudley's vital role in English history. He believes that too much romantic limelight has been thrown on the young man who succeeded Dudley as the Queen's "most overwritten favorite"-Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Elizabeth and Leicester reads like a prim rebuke to Lytton Strachey's witty, popular Elizabeth and Essex...
...luxurious loony bin with Town & Country interiors, brilliant Psychoanalyst Bergman handles raving patients and wolfish colleagues with equally prim professionalism. But when the institution's new head turns out to be tall, tousled, handsome Gregory Peck, she astonishes herself and the audience by turning up in his rooms on a highly unprofessional midnight visit. Since most of the medical staff seem to be only about two jumps ahead of the screaming meemies, no one pays much attention when "Psychiatrist" Peck begins to twitch and grimace over a few fork marks on the tablecloth. But Analyst Bergman quickly diagnoses...