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...speaker's hunched stoop punctuated by the backthrust of head, the sense that great statements might be made without pomposity or apology, the rolling periods, all inevitably evoked memories of Conservatism's greatest living orator, Winston Churchill. Cheers grew even louder when Hailsham hauled round and delivered a slashing attack on Labor's unionists' "spending spree" "demands without programs and restraint" as trade the greatest threats in the fight against inflation, thundered: "I believe they would drive the qualified, the young and the vigorous to migrate, and leave the aged at home deprived of their savings...
...movie stars, and the dream figures engage in the usual elaborate ballet-though of course they are not people, but dear little bunnies. Producer Disney has even provided Perri with a love interest: a bushy-tailed charmer named Porro. As Porro chatters away at Perri in squirrel language, Narrator Winston Hibler translates the scene in a voice so warm and soft that children in the audience may almost mistake it for Perri's own. "To every creature." he gently explains, "comes the time of together . . . Perri understands . . . her moment of fulfillment is at hand...
...commentary to a Disney film is always a literary experience. What puts this narration in a class by itself is that it is written, by Narrator Winston Hibler and Co-Director Ralph Wright, in verse for the most part-what might be called squirrelerel. Sample...
...HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES, Vol. Ill: THE AGE OF REVOLUTION (402 pp.)-Winston S. Churchill-Dodd, Mead...
CIGARETTE SALES are climbing higher than ever. In the first seven months of 1957, smokers puffed 240.5 billion cigarettes, 5.6% more than the same period last year. July sales in U.S. alone jumped 13.5% over 1956. For third quarter, R. J. Reynolds (Camel, Winston) says earnings will be "considerably ahead" of last year, Philip Morris expects a 5% to 10% sales gain, P. Lorillard (Old Gold, Kent) also anticipates a rise...