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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...volume of 200 parchment pages that had required the skins of 100 sheep, plus eight watercolors that originally served as models for Dali's lithographs, plus three extra sets of lithographs on special papers. Publisher Foret is quite reconciled to having this rare volume drop out of sight for years, expects it will be seen by only a handful of sympathetic souls. As Foret explained last week, "The real bibliophile never shows his book, except to another bibliophile-a man who vibrates as he does...
...folk songs. Jewish businessmen, leaving Rotarian lunches with their gentile colleagues, are offended by the sight of a shambling, stoop-shouldered old man with a Judaic beard and earlocks...
...Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green. An infectious romp through movie parodies, songs and skits this talented pair wrote for top musicals, e.g., On the Town, and hilarious sight gags. The mood: New Yorky...
When Ulysses comes home at last, his Penelope is so stunned at the sight of him that she can only shake his hand and stutter civilities. "Was Dienbienphu awful?" "Yes. Toward the end of the siege we ran out of wine." "That must have been awful." "Yes." A honeymoon breaks the ice, but the relationship refreezes when the marchioness discovers that her marquis keeps a woman on the side, and maintains any number of "little 5-to-7" friendships. From this point the comedy evolves into an earnest lecture, delivered by the marquis' uncle (Maurice Chevalier), on the merits...
...west coast of South Georgia. Impossible? But there was the next leg of the journey: scrambling 29 miles across the island's glaciers to reach an east-coast whaling station. They did it in 28 hours. When they tottered into town, the whalers burst into tears at the sight of them...