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Sipping a drink in the bar of Jerusalem's King David Hotel, Richard Usborne caught this strange snatch of conversation from a nearby table. He lost the rest of it in the buzz of barroom talk. That was in May 1941. In the next ten years, the world fought the bloodiest war in its history, the British Empire nearly went down to defeat, the King David Hotel (bar included) was badly damaged by a terrorist bomb. But Richard Usborne, an advertising man, never stopped worrying about what could possibly be the story behind that lion...
Eliot looked like a sure winner as the ball game opened. Behind Buzz Vonderlage's pitching, the Elephants took four quick runs in the first inning. As the second inning began, so did the rains, and the next four innings were played at a slow pace through...
...studying the peculiar Washington species known as influence-peddlers, the Senate Investigating subcommittee had discovered some distinctive markings and characteristics. The finest specimens claim Missouri as their habitat, have at least a nodding acquaintance with Harry Truman, a much chummier relationship with his aides and advisers, and can buzz in & out of the White House at will. They also have a great fondness for crisp currency...
Stanley Clifford Weyman, a sad-looking, smooth-talking man of 60, blended into the fuzz-buzz edges of Lake Success as easily as any of that strange new tribe of international do-gooders who are not quite diplomats, not quite newspapermen, and not quite experts on anything. A correspondent of the Erwin News Agency, (headquarters in Washington), he had broadcast interviews with U.N. notables over a Manhattan F.M. radio station, served as a tipster for the London Daily Mirror. He had a marked talent for big-name-dropping, and for catching rides in official delegation cars. He made himself popular...
...subject has felt drowsy, gotten a "slight buzz," and been "just bored" after the first three injections. Another has been sick every time. The subjects disagree as to whether it is worth $50, but they fell they are making a "contribution to science...