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...Sailor, Rest Your...
Thirty-seven years earlier, his Annapolis classbook had taken a curiously prophetic bearing on the sailor who was to lead his nation out of the greatest naval disaster in its history. "He is a man," it had said, "of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows." So he proved to be. As new Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz set out first to restore the Navy's shattered nerve-and then to restore the Navy. "I have complete confidence in you men," he briskly assured the ashen-faced staff at Pearl Harbor. "We've taken a terrific wallop...
...calling cards on everyone he met: ARTUR THE GREAT PIANO VIRTUOSO. It annoyed him even then that people always asked if he was any kin to the great Anton Rubinstein, and so he took to prancing around town with the words NO RELATION inscribed on the front of his sailor...
Many times, South American doctors have asked Jacobs to connect them with American surgeons who can provide advice in difficult operations. Surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, contacted by Jacobs, helped an Ecuadoran doctor in his attempt to save the severed hand of a young sailor...
Somehow the fizz was out of the champagne during Paris' fashion showings last week. Chanel showed suits, Grès had a tent-shaped evening gown, St. Laurent showed exaggerated sailor suits and transparent organza dresses. But after Rome, it all seemed flat until Barbra Streisand, Broadway's freewheeling funny girl, showed up on her first trip abroad to add some zing and zest to the proceedings...