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Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle...
When they died, common Muscovites were simply wrapped in a pall and carried yo the burial ground, behind an icon; in their hands was placed a piece of paper with a prayer for the repose of their souls. This prompted an early Moscow correspondent, who had discovered that there was less freedom of movement in Moscow than anywhere in Europe, to report: "The Russ, when he dies, hath his passport to St. Nicolas buried with...
...gave up just before the end of Brünnhilde's ho-yo-to-ho aria when her accompanist, Edwin McArthur, fumbled. He explained that he hadn't played it for six years...
There was all sorts of other activity. The yo-yo was back in Dallas. Denver high-school girls were wearing one wingback earring, so large that it covered the entire ear. Los Angeles youth had invented a fascinating custom-taking off its shoes at dances. San Francisco girls rolled their bobby-sox down inside their shoes so nobody could see them. They didn't know...
...schoolrooms throughout the U.S. last week, youngsters redecorated empty cigar boxes with U.S. flags and paste-ups from magazines, stuffed them with school supplies, sewing kits, warm socks and mittens, soap, toothbrushes, yo-yos. They were "Friendship Boxes," wrapped as gifts to the children of Europe and Asia from the children of the U.S. Every parcel included a letter from the sender, and some writing paper and a self-addressed envelope...