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...Pierian executive feels badly about this cancellation. He treasurers the memory of one joint concert with an orchestra conducted by a lady whose evening dress strap kept falling down. Men in the orchestra paid attention to the conductor until the gown was fixed with scotch tape after the second number...
...later. "But it got us warmed up for a good long fight." Father Hogan then set about building the A.W.U. Johnny Tan took the low road: talking to workers, studying their problems; Father Hogan took the high road: in his Ford jalopy (he says it runs on prayers and Scotch tape), he visited influential groups and individuals. By last week hundreds of workers had deserted the U.O.E.F., signed up with Hogan's A.W.U...
Ever since the days of Queen Victoria, British monarchs have granted Warrants to tradesmen who supply the royal household with everything from the Scotch in the royal highball to the topper on the royal head. To Britons the list is considered a Who's Who in International Trade, the ultimate stamp of approval...
...initial stages of the party it dispensed Scotch, but this ran out quickly, leaving Martinis, slivowitz (plum brandy) and orange juice. The flow of these potions, however, was reduced to a mere dribble: the amateur bartenders ran out of glasses. The guests wheeled hungrily toward the buffet. There was no trace of the usual turkeys, Virginia hams, salmon and pâtés which capital partygoers consider their legitimate reward-only fresh-cheeked girls circulating with trays of snippets of homemade sandwiches and tiny pastries...
...being able to work miracles. Chief of State Bao Dai recently flew to Hanoi, supposedly to bolster the people's morale in the face of an expected Communist offensive. Bao Dai arrived in his C-45, which also carried a Scotty named Bubi, two bottles of King George Scotch, two guitars, three tennis rackets, 16 pieces of miscellaneous baggage and a cute, redheaded airline hostess named Esther. Wearing his inevitable dark glasses and a natty grey flannel suit, Bao Dai drove along roads lined with French Tommy-gunners facing the long grass where Communist snipers might be hiding...