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The Palazzo Rezzonico, which the Porters leased from 1925 to 1929, was the scene of parties that would have done the Medici proud. At one affair, 50 gondoliers stood like statues along a winding stairway, 600 guests frolicked in fancy-dress costumes provided by Porter, and floodlights played on tightrope...
The skits and spiels, which are the backbone of a prosperous revue, break the back of this one. The least trying sketches garner what laughs they get not through witty comments but through waggish props. And Co-Star Bert Wheeler (Rio Rita), chatting before the curtain, is seldom much fun...
In the report on Japan, Reischauer stated "democracy will either win in Japan, or American foreign policy throughout Asia will have the props knocked out from under it." Although the occupation has been relatively successful thus far, Reischauer claimed that the time has come for a reevaluation of our policy...
Hams. In Sudbury, Mass., John H. Whitworth reported that two hens which had stopped laying eggs had gone into production again after appearing as props in a local theatrical show.
Enter: Bull. The stock market paid little heed to the fat profits or to any of the other household gods that traders once swore by. Ever since it had collapsed in fear of a recession in 1946, the market had been seesawing, trying to make up its mind whether the...