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...title song and It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, is thoroughly attractive, and some of his lyrics are amusing; but Louisiana Purchase does not show the dazzling Berlin of As Thousands Cheer. Ryskind's book is lively enough, but as political satire it is miles below Of Thee I Sing. Balanchine's ballets are skillful but not startling...
...deceptively mellow Mr. Grundy-who falls into Quaker "thee"-saying if he is enraged-was the uncrowned King of Lobbyists in the U. S. from McKinley days until the New Deal years. His sincere passion is for government by a Republican who will interfere in business just enough, never too much. Every tariff bill since 1897 is marked with Joe Grundy's cunning hand. In nearly every smoke-filled room that nominated a G. O. P. candidate since that day, wise, cold, realistic Mr. Grundy has sat, filling the room with smoke and influence. His role in the Party...
...Thee. At 16 weeks he recognizes his mother's face; at 40 weeks he likes to have people around ("even when he waves bye-bye he may prefer to have them remain"); at one he repeats performances that get a laugh; at 18 months he strikes the air rather than an intruder ("when he becomes socially more mature he will slap the person"); at two he distinguishes between "mine" and "yours," pouts, dawdles; at three he "negotiates reciprocal trade agreements," obediently runs errands; at four he is bossy, tells little lies, "likes to go to the bathroom when others...
...firm mother. "I love you, my children," she declared, "but I do not love your faults." Her children were passionate rivals for her affection and approval. Discouraging emotionalism, she told them she would rather hold a brick than a hand. Her maternal compliment on personal appearance was high praise: "Thee will pass in a crowd...
...sense of humor, and the unqualified approval of two men who have none-Joseph Newton Pew Jr., vice president of Sun Oil Co., who has conducted a bitter, open-purse, one-family crusade against the New Deal for seven years, and thee-saying Quaker Joseph Ridgway Grundy, 77, proud since the turn of the century of his title as King of Lobbyists...