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Says Steinbeck: "People become literate only by exposure to fairly literate things. We're making no soap operas at all ... When the radio's on, people only-half listen, but when your eyes are centered, your attention is centered ... the quality must be higher. I shudder to think of what we'll do to housework...
...earnest scientists have been trying, like Dickens' fat boy, "to make your flesh creep." But it took a science editor to do a really competent flesh-creeping job. Last week Perry Githens, editor of Popular Science, gave Philadelphia's Poor Richard Club (advertising men) some thoughts to shudder over...
Bags of peanuts in hand, Bing Crosby and three little Crosbys clumped into the dressing room of the spring-training Pittsburgh Pirates. Said Part-Owner (25%) Crosby to Pitcher Kirby Higbe, as he popped a peanut into his mouth: "How's things, Kirby?" With a shudder, a Pirate locker man grabbed Bing just in time to arrest the flight of a second peanut. Bad luck, explained the locker man-eating peanuts in a dressing room...
Whether credit is given Leonardo or Matsys, this lady's unique physiognomy is certainly deserving of at least a respectful shudder...
Maybe you don't like to ski. Maybe you're one of those people who shudder at the prospect of snow-soaked pants, eggbeater tumbles, and broken ribs. If you fall into this class of timid souls but still have a mild attraction for skiing, buy yourself a pair of oversized hickories and head for the warm waters of some Floridian...