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...party without taking something along to read aloud; he cannot cross the ocean without becoming the Pied Piper of the ship. His habit of pacing about a room, lecturing to his friends ("Now, my Kinder, let me tell you about . . ."), once led Theatrical Director Garson Kanin to remark: "Whenever I'm asked what college I've attended, I'm tempted to write 'Thornton Wilder.' " Over the years, Thornton Wilder College has taught a number of courses, in & out of classrooms. His latest course: what it is to be an American...
...United States Militia by Governor Guild, and retired in 1907 with the rank of Major General. He is referred to in our 50th class report as the wit of our CRIMSON Board, delighting particularly at festive meetings, and raising a favorite question from month to month with the remark "Well, how about another annual dinner." I can remember his song, "The Same Old Game," the words I think original with...
...than 24 hours after this shot zinged off in the old soldier's direction, there was nothing but silence. Then, having laid his guns carefully, MacArthur sent back a whole volley. Through his aide, Major General Courtney Whitney, he issued a statement which began by calling the Truman remark "inaccurate and misleading." MacArthur went on: "My purpose and desire was not to extend the war but only to end it. At that time, this could have been accomplished with only a fraction of the approximately 70,000 American battle casualties which have since resulted. Actually, the longer it lasts...
...chance remark in Manhattan started a sort of international incident. A group of New York Italo-Americans presented a sample of their pizza to President-elect Dwight Eisenhower, who tasted it and declared it better than the one he had eaten in Naples in 1943. That snorted the Neapolitan bakers when they heard his statement must have been "war pizza" made with abbreviated ingredients. Last week Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney threw the weight of his Allied Forces, Southern Europe behind the Neapolitans. Eleven teams of "Mick" Carney's officers visited eleven Naples restaurants, while Carney himself, with...
...Louis Cardinals. He settled instead for a professional football contract with the Washington Redskins. Owner George Preston Marshall introduced his new star to reporters by dressing him up in a cowboy outfit, from Stetson to high-heeled boots. Taciturn Sam answered questions in monosyllables. His most notable remark: "Mah feet hurt...