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...rearmament meant economic dislocation. Bevan protested that he was not anti-American-in fact, said he, some of his best friends were Americans. But "It is not necessary for mankind to walk the way Russia has walked or ... the way America still walks." Sevan's red-headed ally, Barbara Castle, M.P. from Blackburn and one of Labor's left-wing firebrands, went barnstorming in Lancashire. For the time being, Attlee had saved his government. But the fact remains that Bevan. and a handful of followers, by voting with the Conservatives or by abstaining in a division...
...play into a farce. He seems to have convinced the actors that the tongue is swifter than the ear, so that by misdirecting the audience with frenzied gestures, meanwhile speeding through lines, they might hide the fact that the dialogue makes no pretense at being funny. The women, including Barbara Poses, Patricia Rosenwald, and Marilyn Welch succeed better than the men, but it's hard to fool a whole audience for three acts...
Members now include Norma Gaeta '53, Phyllis Jackson '54, Barbara Pitts '52, Gloria Wagstaff '52, and Elizabeth Tucker '52, chairman. The committee was formed this term to take care of all functions concerning the fund, and is especially concerned with producing "Drumbeats and Song...
...Barbara Sorenson and Russell Ames then played another period piece, Leclair's Violin-Harpsichord Sonata, marred by poor balance between the instruments, Miss Sorenson's technique is excellent, but her very rich tone was not at all suited to the delicate quality of the music...
...When Barbara Joiner Parsons was made a general partner in the Wall Street brokerage firm of Jacquin, Stanley & Co., she received a telegram from the Ziegfeld Club: "Darling, Congratulations." Barbara is an ex-dancer in the Follies, and the first Ziegfeld girl to reach such starry heights on the Street. Only about 50 women are general partners on Wall Street. Texas-born Barbara Parsons got into the Follies of 1018, pranced and kicked. alongside such stars as Marilyn Miller and Eddie Cantor. After leaving the Follies she took some business courses, got a job selling a financial letter...