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...20th Century-Fox recovered $2,000,000 from Lloyd's when Elizabeth Taylor's illness delayed the filming of Cleopatra. Ever alert to a little publicity when the price is right, Lloyd's even covered a Manchester cinema against its patrons' strain, wrench or rupture due to "excessive laughter...
...exciting. Goodyear's frustrated commuter, with his summer treads spinning in a snowdrift, just edged out Purolator Oil Filter's Moonlight Ride-the one with the terrific looking girl who gets in under the car in her evening dress, removes a clogged oil filter with a monkey wrench, and smears oil sludge all over her date when she kisses...
...Blue Wrench. Happenings are old stuff in the artiest alcoves of Manhattan, but of course that means nothing in Washington square. This one was prepared by Artist Claes Oldenburg, who makes those huge sailcloth hamburgers. Washington society prepared by getting itself puffed, powdered and sloshed. Little dinners were eaten intimately in Georgetown. The jolly crowd then collected at the gallery to see what was going to happen. Nearly everyone sat on campstools-White House Art Adviser Bill Walton, FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby, Mrs. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Those...
...member of the gallery staff announced that she had successfully achieved blue ice cream. She had mixed blue dye and vanilla ice cream with a monkey wrench. The New Frontier moved an inch forward on its stools...
True enough. But as the New York newspaper battle demonstrates, the strike weapon should not be used as a monkey wrench. With public toleration at the breaking point, trade unionism is going to have to find and employ more intelligent weapons if it hopes to regain its own health and the favor of the people...