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...National Capitol in Bogotá, Martínez was busily slapping strong blues and rich reds on a 30-ft. expanse of wall (see cut). His mural will depict the inauguration of Liberators Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander at Rosário de Cúcuta in 1821. If he finished on time there would be a bonus: two jugs of whiskey...
...Colombey is the simple one of a dedicated, single-minded man. He gets up at 8, breakfasts on café au lait, brown bread, a little butter and jam, then tackles his mail and newspapers. The food served at lunch is simple and the wine is an inexpensive vin rosé served from a carafe, but the meal is a leisurely one, lasting one and a half or two hours, and topped off by brandy, cigars and conversation. Malraux or Soustelle is often there, and nearly every top Government man from Ramadier down has been to Colombey at least once...
...Ros Marshall, 44, a onetime pulp-fictionist whose earlier bedroom gambol, Kitty, was turned into a bland costume piece by Hollywood, wrote her first novel (30 pages) at seven. Its conclusion: "He gazed into her eyes and said, 'Will you marry me?' Only the stars heard the answer as they crept under the bushes." No such childish restraint mars Duchess Hotspur...
...company's first novel, September Remember, had a good sale (14,000 copies). But, contrasted with Prentice-Hall's 1945 total net profit of $556,761, this was peanuts. Then Pres. Ettinger met Ros Marshall in Hollywood, liked her, quickly signed her up to write three books for Prentice-Hall. Since then he has signed up other authors, plans to put out ten more novels this year. Said President Ettinger, dazzled by the dollar-decked Duchess: "It will have a $1,000,000 sale before the year is up. And there'll be more like...
...conductor, I need more time.") He held three extra percussion rehearsals with eight drummers, ordered a special Portuguese rattle constructed (at Universal studios) at a cost of $100. When the orchestra finally swung into the sultry rhythms of his Sinfonia No. 2, Rudepóema and Chóros No. 6, Los Angeles decided that it was worth all the trouble...