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...time I knew him I never saw him walk slowly. I never saw his face in repose. I never heard him chuckle quietly. He laughed loudly and easily at other people's jokes and at his own too. He large eyes danced and his head would wag." A young man of ravenous intelligence, he was well-schooled and smartly self-taught. He attended Columbia University, where, he said, he "majored in Varsity Shows" - those larkish musical comedies, written mostly by undergraduates, that occasionally attracted the attention of the producers whose offices were 70 blocks further down Broadway...
...When the Sterling Library was going up at Yale in the 1930s, there was a big to-do over the building because it was one of the more impressive modern edifices of its kind in the world. Some wag who had his values straight proposed posting a sign outside the entrance when the building opened that read: "This is not the library. The library is inside." The library is always inside. It may be the only monument we have to the things that can enlighten and advance us, and thus assuage at least some of the sorrow for which there...
Maybe for a while yet. It's tempting to wag a finger at spendthrifts living beyond their means, or at the new breed of middle-class speculators taking out buy-to-let mortgages to become landlords. Yet most British borrowers look quite clear-eyed and rational once you've seen their household balance sheets. With base interest rates at a 38-year low of 4%, many feel they literally can't afford not to borrow...
With a dramatically furrowed brow, I should now wag my finger at the bows and hearts, the candy necklaces, mushy cards and dishonest singles ads and make a witty generalization about the commercialization (Valentine’s Day) and commodification (personals sections) of luv. But in theory, I suppose, a day meant to celebrate the idea of love—meant to encourage the giving and receiving of love—would be just fine. Everybody stay home and love. Doesn’t matter who or how—just love. Adopt a puppy, go on a road trip...
...country?s best known songwriter, now 30, was drafted into the armed forces. News of his induction was bigger than Elvis'; a tabloid headline trumpeted: "Army Takes Berlin!" The noted wag Wilson Mizner wondered, "What does the Army want with Irving? Up to now the Allies had a chance!" The Army wanted him to do what he did best: write songs. While serving at Camp Upton, near Yaphank, Long Island, he composed a musical for the boys to put on, and late that summer "Yip Yip Yaphank" transferred to Broadway. The show had a couple of hits: "Mandy...