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Jeremiah Twomey, one of the American Legion's five national vice commanders, pointed out that Legionnaires, numbering well over 2,000,000 according to his latest figures, chose their national leaders "by the same democratic methods that we select our government...
Klein's is not a pretty place. Its floors are bare. There are no saleswomen. Customers must select dresses themselves from the crude iron racks, try them on in crowded public dressing rooms. Klein's does not advertise-except to keep customers away on holidays when the store is closed...
...longer much use for it. But the "rightful winners," according to the Museum, were Frenchmen Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, who had proposed a terraced glass-and-concrete palace in the strictest "functional" tradition. This time, urged the Museum, the UNO planners should "learn from Geneva and select an international jury of honest men, sensitive to the modern spirit in architecture...
Leading this select list were the three brothers of Emperor Hirohito. Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, 43, educated at Oxford, a lover of English tweeds and Swiss ski slopes, once likened the code of Bushido to the chivalry of King Arthur's Round Table; he served with Tokyo's military garrison. Prince Nobuhito Takamatsu, 40, more retiring than his older brother, was last week reported giving counsel to the Emperor on government reform. Prince Takahito Mikasa, 30, who likes the strenuous life, once made an eye-filling picture while training as an Army cavalryman at Yatsu Beach near Tokyo...
...Metropolitan Opera Co. wants advice from the public, and intends to get it. The Met is going to let the great un-ermined radio audience select six of next season's performances. For the first time in history, the Diamond Horseshoe will see the opera matinees that the mass audience of dial twisters wants to hear...