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Philadelphia Bulletin Columnist Earl Selby started the day in a peculiar manner, came down to breakfast one morning with his face unshaven, and wearing the shabbiest clothes he could find. He sprinkled the contents of a vacuum cleaner over himself, then doused himself with stale beer. Selby's slim, red-haired wife Dorothy was not the least bit surprised at this performance...
...spiritual affinity for a long-dead world. Artists, he writes, may sometimes "wake up in a world not their own . . . Many are . . . perchance Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks, Ostrogoths, Sarmatians, Bulgars or 'late Romans' as I believe Alberto Sani to be . . . Frequenting no schools, and unaffected by stale conventions as little as by those now cooking up, he remains a fascinating phenomenon, an artist, a real artist out of his time...
...were better placed, his forehand volley was faster and his anticipation more acute. Big Jake had noticed something else. Said he: "I'm the big difference in Gonzales' game. I haven't been able to keep the pressure on him. I've gotten kind of stale...
...nervous little man with a big face and a fast tongue, Sammy was more afraid of getting lazy and stale. Says he: "The dough is pretty good out here in Hollywood, and ya gotta be careful you don't get too fat on it." What he and Lyricist Bob (Civilization) Hiiliard would collect on Dear Hearts wasn't exactly thinning: $20,000 each...
Because of Canada's traditionally mild manners in world affairs, foreign-policy debates in Parliament have often seemed stale and tepid. Last week's scheduled debate gave no special promise of being any exception. Less than 48 hours before he was to lead off the discussion, Lester ("Mike") Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs, was still in New York, at the United Nations meeting. On his way back to Ottawa he stopped off for the opening of Toronto's Royal Winter Fair. He came into Ottawa on a morning train, having written part of his speech...