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Each unassuming page shows why the dizzy decade of Teapot Dome, bathtub gin, flappers, crooners and "It" girls found in him an untarnished symbol of its better self. No Antoine de Saint Exupery, no philosopher of flight, Lindbergh rarely rises to poetic altitudes and sometimes drones on in childhood reveries and me chanical details. But at its exciting best, his book keeps the reader cockpit-close to a rare adventure...
...emphasis at Lowell under Perkins falls on tradition and custom. Of all the traditional observances the favorite seems to be the weekly teas on Thursday, where Mrs. Perkins entertains with the Master. She presides over the teapot and can tell a seldom-seen guest that she has forgotten his name in a most delightful way. The only person ever to get the better of Mrs. Perkins was the brash Midwestern sophomore who came to tea on a bet and demanded his with lemon and cream and five sugars...
...with evil old Mullah Kashani, spiritual chief of the fanatic nationalists, co-conspirator with Communists and the man Premier Mossadegh most fears. Kashani embraced the assassin, caressing his beard, and said: "You are a brave son of Islam." The two prayed while the teapot bubbled in the background...
...During the last 52 years, Republicans and Democrats have equally divided the time in public office. The Republicans had just one bad episode of corruption [the Teapot Dam scandal]. There were nine men involved in [it]. The .other members of the Administration were aghast. Before we had finished with [the nine], two had committed suicide, one died while awaiting trial, four landed in prison, and one escaped by a twice-hung jury...
...Girl behind the Teapot" returned to her traditional Waban haunts yesterday, pursued by gobs of eager Crimson men with poised pencils and address books. An estimated 460 freshmen turned up yesterday, while the "old girls" can while away their last hours of summer freedom until they have to report Saturday...