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Through careful observation of more than 10,000 "clones" (detached families) of paramecia, conducted with Winchellian zest and godlike detachment, Dr. Jennings has concluded that paramecia's mating is dependent on sex and that their choice of a mate has important bearing on the character of their descendants. "They behave," he explains, "a lot like humans. This one here, now. He was an exconjugant of first cousins. He's no account. Oh, but say, here's a good healthy one. His sex life is really something...
Even today, Miliza Korjus' vocal career is hard pressed by her zest for life. She dislikes singing in opera houses. "Averybody ees perspiring around," she explains, "the preema donnas are screaming, the stagehands are shouting. I am much uncomfortable een opera performances-besides, I do not like to haf to look over the heads of all the tenors" (she stands about 5 ft. 7 in her stocking feet...
Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of World War I, Hungarian-born Marcel Fodor set out for the Balkans with equal zest. An engineer, fluent in five languages, he had been grumbling along as manager of a steel mill in the English Midlands. Postwar retrenchment shut the mill, freed Fodor. The Manchester Guardian liked his occasional letters from Middle Europe, asked for cables, soon hired the shy, whip-smart, "relentlessly honest" little man as a fulltime correspondent. Thereby, the Guardian conferred a major boon on U.S. foreign correspondence...
...Diligent! Quintuplets of Buenos Aires-Carlos, Franco, Maria Ester, Maria Fernanda and Maria Cristina-celebrated the completion of their first normal, healthy year (teething pains, an occasional cold) "full of zest," but with no smiles for the cameraman...
...pleasure-seekers and visiting firemen who swarm over Broadway, it should nicely fill the bill. It spills over with good humor. It boasts a lot of good people-likably tough Singer Gertrude Niesen, likably loony Comic Jackie Gleason, pert Dancer Dorothy Keller, graceful Ballerina Irina Baronova. Its dancing has zest and spin. Its girls are good-looking, its sets handsome, its costumes stylish...