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...King's tradesmen are represented by the Royal Warrant Holders' Association, which has offices in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, is headed by Sir Frederick Wells, purveyor of disinfectant to the Master of the Household. The association keeps close tabs on all Warrants, takes action against any firm that displays the royal seal without authority. The only U.S. firm with a Royal Warrant is Manhattan Fine Art Dealer Frank Partridge. (Other U.S. names on the Warrant list are British subsidiaries of U.S. companies...
...issue was produced as if the editors of the Ponca City (Iowa) U. Pontoon had taken over the Lampoon as the College's purveyor of local humor. The issue was planned and written as a satire on the ways, habits, and sense of humor of Midwestern college students and their funny magazines...
Theoretically, of course, invading space ships are not impossible. The point is that neither Scully nor any other purveyor of flying-saucer tales has yet produced firm evidence that they exist. There are no convincing photographs of them. Scully says he has handled metals they are made of (harder than diamond, with melting points above 10,000°), but no such miraculous stuff has yet been reported by any reputable laboratory...
...Releasing purveyor lists to the 1947-48 and subsequent Albums...
Proprietors of Local male haberdashers report an inverted problem. "Can't get these dames out of the store," one purveyor complained. "They keep trying on argyle socks...