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...best way to stop smoking is to stop smoking, says Scottish Doctor Lennox Johnston. The procedure, he insists, is neither as simple nor as simple-minded as it sounds. The craving for tobacco must be understood and the dangers of nicotine appreciated before mere will power can separate a man from his pipe or his cigarettes. But it can be done. In the latest issue of the British medical journal Lancet, Johnston, a reformed smoker, tells...
...soot-blackened spires of the Old Town and battlements of the ancient castle were brave with banners. Flags of many nations streamed gaily from each two-decker tram. Shop windows glittered with Scottish silver and tartans. Even dour taxi drivers got into the spirit of the thing and gave unsolicited lectures on local points of interest. The sixth Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing...
Before the festival was over, Edinburgh had reason to congratulate itself. More people-some 600,000-were expected to come to the Scottish capital's party than ever before. And no true Scot could be indifferent to the fact that the festival visitors would leave behind them between...
Dialectician. In London, the Times's Personal column carried this ad: "Tutor with Scottish accent urgently required for intelligent parrot. Telephone Chancery...
Revolving Door. For Philip Murray, the Irish labor boss with a Scottish burr, a gentle manner and a stubborn will, last week's settlement was the biggest victory in the procession of victories he has won since organizing Big Steel for the C.I.O. in mid-Depression. Then (1936) he found steel with an average wage of 66? an hour. The settlement announced last week will raise the average steelworker to around $2.05 an hour: the contract grants a straight 16? plus about 6? in fringe benefits. In other words, since 1936, Murray's steelworkers have beaten inflation...