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Later in the week, Editor Lawrence said the same thing in his sober, respected column in the New York Herald Tribune and 200 other newspapers. In a notable omission of a pertinent fact, Lawrence cited U.S. News as an authority, but neglected to mention that he publishes it. As another authority he quoted one Commander Robert Bright McLaughlin, U.S.N., author of an article in the March issue of True, to the solemn effect that flying saucers are real...
...Cherrill) who takes him for a handsome millionaire. To help her out of difficulties as he nurtures her illusion, Chaplin leans mostly on his acquaintance with a real' millionaire (the late Harry Myers), an eccentric who showers him with favors and affection while drunk and rejects him while sober...
...sober, civic-conscious Kansas City Star, the city's school system was in "a terrible mess." Moreover, it was attracting unfavorable attention outside Kansas City. Something, cried the Star, had to be done...
Some footnotes are indestructible-at least, one of ours seems to be. It was dropped from a sober Science story about the bristle-thighed curlew in TIME's June 28, 1948 issue, and it read...
Weeping King. With Mrs. Thrale married and Dr. Johnson dead, Fanny was at a loss, but in 1786 a place was found for her among Queen Charlotte's ladies in waiting at the court of George III. Her journal gives a picture of the daily life of the sober, dull King and ugly Queen, with their love of housekeeping and bargains. Charlotte rejoiced in a book bought well below cost at a second-hand stall; George loved to beat down the asking price of a load of hay for the royal stables...