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...Gravel Throat." Barris, the son of an old Coney Island partner of Eddie Cantor's, was a song writer of considerable savor (I Surrender, Dear; It Must Be True; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams). He was also such a cocky little entertainer that the partners nicknamed him "Mr. Show Business." He worked up a fast routine with himself and Rinker at baby pianos, Crosby at his baby cymbal, rapid patter, breaks, and percussive slamming of the piano top by Barris himself. He wrote Mississippi Mud. The Rhythm Boys' record of it, with Crosby's doleful passage about...
...glad because now he could savor the destroyer's task: to prevent a single German or Italian from escaping by sea and by day from the beaches of Cap Bon. This was the climax of the first great British-U.S. victory in the war, and he was not the only glad...
...Distant Truths. For all these men, as for George Patton, Tunisia was far from most things they had known. It was bleak, Arab, deadly. General Patton in his headquarters did not have as much time to savor remote memories as most privates did. The last letter he wrote his wife consisted of only two sentences: "We moved from no contact to 89 prisoners. It was a nice fight...
...since Pearl Harbor to put the administrative labyrinths of Washington far behind him, but a trip with all the kind of drama and secrecy that he loves best. For a fortnight he could chuckle at the amazement on the faces of those who saw him touring, for a fortnight savor the headlines that would sweep the country when he returned to let down the bars of censorship...
...public enlightenment. Taking a leaf from, Goebbel's book, the men in Washington have climinated the bombast and the lies and have added accuracy, perception and historical depth. And, the resulting dose, of history is simple enough for the average attendant, Lone Ranger and Mickey Mouse not-withstanding, to savor, devour and digest...