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...last week, a dozen record companies had rushed new versions (by Ted Weems, Clark Dennis) of Fisher's old tune onto wax to cash in on the great revival. Alfred Bryan, 75, who wrote the lyrics, will get some return from it, but Fred Fisher's share will go to his heirs. Sick and no longer able to turn out hit tunes, he hanged himself five years...
...emergency when it sees one, swiftly collected 4,000 samples of gum-in all flavors-and started chewing. Seventy-five human guinea pigs, including 25 children, chomped bubble gum for periods up to eight hours. The test wads were anything from one to six sticks. For comparison, paraffin wax was also chewed...
Like many a Yorkshireman, he is a Methodist and pledged to temperance. But he is not stuffy about others' drinking, and has even been known to wax convivial on lime juice and ginger...
Back in 1934 two budding economists wondered, as others had before them, if sunspots affected agricultural production and thus food prices. When they studied sunspots they found that their wax & wane apparently bore no relation to the rise or fall of agricultural production. But they were amazed to find that sunspot activity coincided with the rise & fall of industrial production and of stockmarket prices...
...that Truman's policy breaks down the U. N. is incorrect, Wriston replied. Rather, he maintained, it gives the international organization a chance to grow and gain more strength. "The time limit of 15 months on American action to Greece and Turkey will give the U. N. time to wax stronger. We give it added momentum," he asserted...