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...great man, bearing his 77 history laden years with impassive dignity, walked slowly through the standing, clapping U.S. Congressmen. He had aged, of course, but Winston Churchill seemed hardly a shade less pink-cheeked, rocklike and John Bullish than when he spoke before the House and Senate during World War II. In 1941, just after Pearl Harbor, his mood had been one of sober yet shining elation: ". . . Best tidings of all, the United States, united as never before, has drawn the sword for freedom and cast away the scabbard." In 1943, after the victory in North Africa, he had exulted...
Everywhere Nehru's Congress Party candidates are symbolized by a pair of yoked oxen, the Socialists (who are being left in the shade) by a large banyan tree, the Communists by a sickle and three ears of grain. One Benares independent chose a camel, startled the Holy City by staging a procession of 100 camels through the streets. Another chose a rose, began distributing roses among his constituents. An anti-Prohibitionist made his symbol a bottle (he lost). The Religionists went in for rising suns and burning lamps. Holy Man Brahmachari chose a boat...
Coach Jaakko Mikkola will juggle some of his middle distance men. The interesting switch will place crack two-miler Dave Gregory in the mile. Gregory ran the mile once before this season against Northeastern in the first meet of the year. In this race, he was only a shade over 4:31, despite the loss of a shoe on the first...
...this, the shade of her eyes, sir?" she asked the broad, blue-suited gentleman. "Not sure," he replied. "Had a light tan mink in mind, to go with her hair." "Well then," the saleslady replied in a coy tone of voice, "why not buy her both? Everyone gives mink coats for Christmas, but not many men give two." The man thought this over...
...most publishers did better than in 1950. Most of them also stopped fretting about television, and began to live with it. During the year, they published more than 11,000 titles, about 2,500 of them reprints, an average of more than 30 a day. The output was a shade below the alltime record of 1940 (11,328)-and far less than the 17,500 which the British brought out this year under their lower costs-but it reflected, nonetheless, the most active U.S. publishing year in a decade...