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...housing units and kindled the great growth of the housing industry. Last year this industry accounted for 7% of the gross national product, directly provided jobs for 2,200,000 carpenters, painters, plumbers and other well-paid workers. Indirectly, it provided work for many more, since new houses swell the demand for washing machines, TV sets, carpets, sofas...
King Charles II believed in God, but pictured him as an easygoing fellow who would not "make a man miserable . . . for taking a little pleasure out of the way." This belief enabled Charles to 1) get a great deal of pleasure out of a multitude of mistresses, 2) swell the British peerage with royal by-blows. 3) set an example that his courtiers were happy to follow. Like crumbs from the royal table, his discarded ladies were snapped up first by noble favorites, often later by mere baronets, knights, popular actors and even acrobats. The most resourceful mistress of them...
...pregnant. Agatha's only real function in The Fire-Raisers, apart from putting an end to Etienne's bachelordom. is to be utterly normal and healthy-to sit calmly, creating real life among people who are doing their utmost to dodge it. In proportion as Agatha swells in bulk, the valley dwellers swell in hysteria, as if they must at all costs escape the growing terror of the future. By the time Agatha's baby is born, they have become mad enough to set the whole bush in flames...
...Thou Swell (Beryl Booker Trio; Discovery). Slightly nervous but mighty high-flown ivory-tickling on another Rodgers & Hart oldie, with firm drum and bass support by an all-girl combo...
Fireproof Paint. A fire-retarding paint that can be used for home decorating has been put on sale by Glidden Co. Intense heat makes the paint swell and char, forming an incombustible protective blanket. Price: $7.95 a gallon in white, $8.35 in black and colors...