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...handful of Londoners, irked at being awakened by jet aircraft flying over their houses near London Airport, last week pounded on the front door of a Vincent Square town house. Roused by the knocking was Aviation Minister Duncan Sandys, who emerged, rumpled and in a dressing gown, to be confronted by placards reading "Ban Night Jet Flying!" Explaining that he could do nothing about the nightly noise, Early-Riser Sandys then went back inside...
Frank Harris: The Life and Loves of a Scoundrel, by Vincent Brome. The notorious turn-of-the-century editor told all, and even more, in his celebrated autobiography; the present account has less color but considerably more truth...
...Edna St. Vincent Millay-vied eagerly for the honor of contributing to his column. These guest appearances, combined with his own fey wit, earned him a tidy salary-at one time $25,000 a year-and a wide following. The Adams circle grew by millions after he joined radio's renowned Information Please quiz program in 1938, along with Clifton Fadiman, John Kieran and Oscar Levant...
Frank Harris: The Life and Loves of a Scoundrel, by Vincent Brome. Less scatological but more truthful than Harris' own notorious account of his life, this biography offers a good portrait of the British editor, lecher and liar...
...VINCENT GODFREY BURNS...