Word: wente
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Harvardman Bill Nichols changed his formula a bit. He dropped Emily Post (who went over to the American Weekly) for a livelier "Everybody's Etiquette" with such guest lecturers as John Kieran (etiquette for birdwatchers and motorists). And for eager eaters, he signed up Clementine Paddleford, the New York Herald Tribune's food expert...
...Nanda Anshen; Harper; $6). According to Fromm, there is no real evidence in the ancient myth that Oedipus was in love with his mother. He murdered his father, King Laius of Thebes, and was later made king; then he married his mother (without knowing their relationship) merely because she went along with the throne...
...vigorously, and tried to laugh often. When City Editor Wayne Adams walked behind the bar for a moment, someone cheered: "Look-you've got a job already." But for all the forced jokes they felt disillusioned and lost. In a few hours, the wake was over; the lights went out at Lorenzo's for the night, and at the Star for good...
Untold News. When last week's meeting broke up, staffers went through the motions of getting out two more editions. In the composing room, printers set up a front-page box bearing a curt farewell. As had happened too often, readers had to turn to other papers to get the complete news; the Star did not even carry an obit on its own death...
...eighth lap, the Dutchman seized the lead. Then something really went wrong with the calculations of Wisconsin's Gehrmann; his time at the three-quarters mark, with Willy still out in front, was 3:08, four seconds more than he had planned. Said Gehrmann later: "I knew then that I couldn't beat 4:05.3. I figured I might as well take it easy, and beat him in the stretch...