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...mostly Wrigley wants to indulge in his favorite sport of being Wrigley's largest stockholder. Though he told the other stockholders last week that he was "going into 1944 well worn down physically and with a consequent lack of enthusiasm and vigor," no one who knows him expects him to regain his health away from the business...
Free Enterpriser. The Boston speech was only one of twelve that busy Eric Johnston made last week. Both the speech and the week were typical. The speech was an almost electrically fresh restatement of old but much neglected truths. Its impact derived from its clarity, frankness and vigor; from Businessman Johnston's position as head of the traditionally hidebound Chamber, and from his steadily growing personal prestige. Since his election to the Chamber presidency in 1942, he has hopped over the U.S. city by city, to South America, to England, talking constantly at and with businessmen, labor leaders...
...voice that combines vigor and edge with romantic quality − she sug gests a man's woman. What the soldiers think of her is well exemplified by a letter (from a U.S. Army officer in Sicily to his New Orleans parents) which Bob Hope has put into a forthcoming book (7 Never Left Home). Wrote the soldier: "We were almost sure Frances Langford had not come, and there were many dis appointed people around. And all of a sudden Bob said: 'Here's Frances Lang-ford.' There was a din you would not be lieve...
...Honor pitched in with new-broom vigor. His first official act was hilarious: a warning to gangsters to get out of town. The warning created some surprise, since Washington crimes are historically either passionate or political. After further thought, The Man announced: "Slums should be eliminated, insofar as possible...
...Contrary to earlier reports, two tiny injections do not last a lifetime. Treatment is a ten-day course of injections which may be repeated as needed for resisting disease or restoring vigor (e.g., a certain cancer patient gets three courses a year). The course: three tiny injections every three days until twelve have been given...