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...copy. The importance of this distinction is clarified by the fact that the average student in Government 1 is unequal to the opportunities which free discussion offer; almost invariably the section degenerate into a whole-handed exposition of watery opinions or into a one-man tyranny of some able talker. In either case the result is the same, and the purpose of the section is defeated. Such a fact inevitably reflects upon the capacity of the section-hands as leader in discussion; yet too often it is not their fault that they should fall to the mercy of their group...
...Learned that Lord Hailsham is the biggest talker in the House of Lords, with 265 columns of the Parliamentary Gazette to his credit for the short session from Nov. 3 to Nov. 17. In the same period Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald addressed only 83 columns of remarks to the House of Commons...
Meantime he had wormed his way into aristocratic salons of the Faubourg Saint- Germain, gradually built up a reputation as a man of fashion, a wit, a beautiful talker. So great was his renown and his care for it that when he entertained at dinner he would eat beforehand so that his tongue could wag undisturbed. His entrances were timed strategically: just as a gathering was preparing to break up Proust would enter, set the room abuzz with his rapid-fire monolog: "Do you know whether the Due de? stayed on in the boudoir with Mme Z? Could you explain...
There is nothing long and virginal about Emil Ganso. He is short and 40, mustached, a great talker, a feverish cigaret-smoker, with thinning blond hair uncombed, big feet, unpressed suit, unpolished shoes. He lives at Woodstock, N. Y., where he is socially prominent, sometimes bakes a loaf of bread...
...been an exciting painter, Jonas Lie has always been an exciting talker. He dearly loves an argument. Striking strange postures, striding nervously back & forth, he will argue with anyone about anything. Reporters love him for it. For the first time, some of this vitality was apparent in his painting last week. Commented Critic Royal Cortissoz...