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...grown accustomed to the idea of soldiers' unions and such non-soldierly duties as helping farmers with water-logged crops. "This is part of the changing concept of the army that shiny shoes don't mean good soldiers or that noncoms can go to the same toilet as officers," says one Defense Ministry spokesman. On the other hand, some tradition-minded officers are a bit apologetic about the appearance of Dutch troops. "Sure, our military is a disgrace in uniform competition with the polish of other armies," says Commodore Ruud Hemmes. But, he adds, "our soldiers know their...
...spirits here." ∎ With a cobra's speed, a jaguar's ferocity and the imagination of a Lenny Bruce, General Idi Amin Dado ("Big Daddy"), President of Uganda, has sacked his Foreign Minister, Princess Elizabeth of Toro, 34. He accused her of making love in a toilet at Paris' Orly Airport with an unknown European as she was on her way home from...
Bruce got his first big break on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout show doing standard impersonations. He immediately became a popular young talent because his humor was clean. Anyone could get laughs with toilet jokes; Lenny didn't have to resort to filth. But as his reputation grew, Lenny relied less on prepared bits and began talking to the audience in a sort of stream of conscience. The routines loosened up, too, becoming more frank, explosive, and hard-hitting. The first of this new genre of skits was "Religions...
Lenny died on a toilet seat from an overdose. In spite of the court convictions, he probably could have returned to the entertainment business. The Supreme Court was effortlessly reversing the decisions that had plagued him for years. But Lenny felt broken by the court decision, and without a livelihood, he lost his motivation to live. When the finance company notified him that his house was in forfeit, he poked a needle into his vein. He was found a few hours later, naked on the bathroom floor...
...cancerous breast removed. Only too conscious that her breasts were the chief attraction she exerted on her husband, she is sinking into a state of garrulous alcoholic despondency. She swigs continuously from a bottle, and her only other visible activity is carrying a plunger to a stopped-up toilet. That facility is overemployed, since Mert's senile mother-in-law, also a tippler, is incontinent. The old lady has been fitted out with roller skates so that she can make her all-too-necessary trips at top speed...