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According to Webster Schott, a vice president of Hallmark (and a critic of some repute), "verse is still more popular than prose, by a margin of five to one. And human affection will outsell humor twenty to one." Still, it is humor that freshens the stale feast of Christmas messages. The wit, alas, is often insipid self-parody−I BRING YOU GREETINGS . . . THAT'S ALL, JUST GREETINGS. But when they are good, the funny cards exemplify the peculiarly American gift for one-line gags. "LEON! LEON!" sings a caroler, who hurriedly explains, "I MEAN NOEL! NOEL! (Sorry...
Regardless of fame, few people find their names enshrined in Webster's Dictionary as an adjective for a method or contraption. Rube Goldberg, who died in New York last week of cancer at 87, saw his name entered in Webster's: a rube goldberg contrivance, says the Third New International edition, accomplishes "by extremely complex roundabout means what actually or seemingly could be done simply...
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Coming attractions for this week include Webster Lewis, an organist; a panel of women from Columbia Point who will discuss the educational system; and an astrologer scheduled for Friday 13th who will "read the chart of the U.S. as if it were a person...