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Monkeyshining Paradox. Emily, by impersonating the bride, thoughtfully intervenes to save Fatigay from marriage to the heartless Amy. ("Marriage between cousins is perfectly legal," says the clergyman when the imposture is discovered.) As Mr. and Mrs. Fatigay return to the Congo, the groom tells shipboard interviewers: "My message to your readers is simply this. It is true my wife is not a woman. She is an angel . . . Behind every great man there may be a woman, and beneath every performing flea a hot plate, but beside the only happy man I know of-there is a chimp...
...intermediate missile is unlikely to hit closer than a quarter of a mile from the bull's-eye. If determinations of the target's direction and the ship's position are slightly off, the error can be disastrously larger. What makes the problem particularly difficult on shipboard is that the launching platform is continually moving...
...mind, pointed out in alarm that Florence's treasures would be shipped to the U.S. aboard a U.S. Navy transport. Additional qualms were quickly forthcoming. Asked Corriere delta Sera: "Who knows what effect the humidity may have on these paintings, and the packing, the unpacking, the vibrations on shipboard, the handling in America-all grave dangers...
...appearance. In Genoa cheering fans carried her on their shoulders through the streets. In Trieste she was hailed as the "greatest Norma in history." But Maria decided that she was miserable. "I hated singing," she says. "I was terribly in love. It took me away from my husband." A shipboard companion remembers her on a trip to Latin America...
CHARGE ACCOUNTS AT SEA are being tried aboard Moore-McCormack Lines luxury ships Argentina and Brazil. First-class passengers may charge up to $2,000 in shipboard tips, services and purchases (including bar tabs), pay later...