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...rest and dining stations along the way, and will regulate them with an iron hand. Sample rules: a cup of coffee will mean exactly seven ounces and will cost 10? a frankfurter must weigh at least one-ninth of a pound and be served with a choice of relish and mustard; authorized repair garages must provide "comfortable accommodations" for stranded drivers to wait while mechanics tinker with their cars...
...time most of the children of Auckland took up the monkeys' cause, and the local fruit dealer did a land-office business as moppets flocked around to buy bananas. Mingling freely with all who came offering food and genuine friendship, the monkeys would eat their bananas with relish, and then, with unerring aim and discernment, shy their skins at whatever furtive zoo keeper chanced to be lurking near by. At last, frustrated, the zoo men went to a base stratagem: they left a plate of rum-soaked food standing near, to tempt the refugees. One poor, pusillanimous monkey fell...
...intended victim, Grace Kelly is not required to do much more than look beautiful and vulnerable, and she accomplishes both with patrician distinction. The fun of Dial M lies in its duel of wits, and audiences may relish seeing Milland mowed down by superior intelligence rather than by a sawed-off shotgun...
...Mary McDowall Stoll, who has been with TIME'S Detroit bureau through the past 20 years. She first came to TIME in 1934 as an switchboard operator. Bureau Chief Fred Collins describes her as a person "who does a thousand chores, mostly of a monotonous type, with the relish of a youngster watching his first big-league baseball game." Mary agrees with the word "relish" but not "monotonous." Says she: "I like the diversity of subjects that we handle every day-everything from automotive stories to flying saucer-men's lectures and the occasional mur der. Best...
Just finished reading "The Case of Private Schine" . . . and is my blood boiling! There are many men in the armed forces, including myself, who do not relish the fact that they have to serve any time in the service of their country, but who do so out of a deep sense of loyalty . . . Private Schine . . . should get the same treatment I received...