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...Leonard E. Loos, principal of the Euclid (Ohio) Shore Junior High School, complained that schoolteachers as pictured on TV are lowering academic prestige. Said Principal Loos: "How often are a pupil's reactions based on the feeling that his teacher is a scatterbrained Mr. Peepers ... or an irrepressible wag like Our Miss Brooks...
...honor the 36th anniversary of the October revolution, almost all of the Soviet bigwigs-with the exception of Malenkov himself-and hundreds of lesser wigs gathered with members of Moscow's foreign diplomatic corps. As the evening wore on and tongues loosened by vodka and champagne began to wag more freely, the Westerners were able to get a significant insight into the frictions chafing the present sons of the revolution...
...troubles. He must, of course, be dedicated to the republican principle, in good health, intelligent and tactful, not too young or too old, with an exemplary family. "He must be a good enough shot to avoid any diplomatic incidents when he takes visiting royalty out hunting," one wag specified, "and he shouldn't be named Leroy. The crowds can't very well shout what sounds like 'Vive le roi!' as he goes by." He should also be gregarious: "We can't have a bear who likes to lock himself up in his toilet alone...
Thoughtfully, Pressagent Little got more specific about his product: "A friend in Kentucky wrote that he was sending along an old crow which had been around for 125 years. When the expressmen delivered the package, it contained a bottle of an oldtime beverage called Old Crow. Another wag offered to ship me, prepaid, an elderly female relative by marriage . . . However, what I am looking for are authenticated very old crows ... I would deeply appreciate any help from you or your readers." He signed his name and address, but not his occupation...
...driving rain, Magsaysay was whisked through bamboo forests into Pampanga province, the last region of the islands where the Huks are still strong. A limousine with six bodyguards led the way; a jeepload of Manila police guarded the rear. Peasants, alerted that Magsaysay (pronounced wag-sigh-sigh) was coming, waved and grinned from beneath their huge dripping salakots (hats). As the convoy sloshed into Manalin, a public address system blared the catchy Magsaysay Mambo: "Mambo, Mambo, Magsaysay,/ Our democracy will die,/ If there is no Magsaysay...