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Along the dreary road of social awareness are comfort stations offering comic relief to the weary. At WHER, an all-girl radio station in Memphis, there is an advertising saleswoman whose ashtray bears the well-worn lettering: "Long Time No He." In Welch, W. Va., there is a motel operator whose sideline is painting Fundamentalist road signs; his masterpiece reads...
When he was young and easy and prince of the apple towns, Dirk Bogarde was Britain's No. 1 box office star. Always being mobbed, he was attended by mounted policemen wher ever he went. His roles ran to parts like the romantic Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities and the young Doctor in the House. But he was really miserable because none of the right people took him seriously. People like Director David Lean would not even consider him for a serious part. "I think Dirk's great," Lean once said, "but I want...
Officially, the Olympians were not even in the race. On the record books, wher ever they finished, they would not "win." But in two months of advance practice, they bent to their sweeps with the same determination that won 29 straight victories for the Navy-including the Olympics-before the last of the Olympians earned their commissions and spread out into various odd channels (five are in the U.S. Air Force) from Biloxi to Hong Kong. Together again, the Admirals were working out an answer to a tough question: Could they recollect their old skill and stamina in time...
...owner of the Bacharach Giants, an all-Negro semi-pro team, offered Mrs.' Campanella $353 week for her son's serv ices on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sun days. Mrs. Campanella boggled at the idea of Sabbath baseball, agreed only when the Bacharachs' owner promised that wher ever the team was playing, he himself would take Roy to church on Sunday...
Made greasy work wher'e'er it fell...