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...beard (front view), the Thomas' have kept pretty well out of camera range. However, the narration by Lowell Thomas Jr. which accompanies the monks and mountains that flash across the screen manages to keep Tibet pretty well out of range. Sample line: "This mule is driven by a chap named Lulu and what a lulu...
...London club not long ago, a doddering ancient buttonholed an odd-looking chap, said to have once been a Hungarian, of all things, who had just written something or other against Communism. "Well, young man, I am glad that at last you have come round to see reason," snuffled the old member. "I myself knew 25 years ago what Bolshevism means, and it's never too late to repent." The younger character was Arthur Koestler, now 50, and he found the old man's attitude highly irritating. U.S. readers who, unlike Arthur Koestler, have never been Communists...
...paper's five trustees decide to sell? First, said Publisher Clarence Bloodworth Hanson, 47, nephew of the late publisher, because the tightly knit team of trustees had been weakened only the week before by the retirement of James E. ("Chap") Chappell, 70, as president and editor. "That made us think of when others might have to step out," explained Hanson. Moreover, he said, the offer came to $8,804.70 for each share of News stock-an immense temptation when weighed against "so ephemeral and risky a business as the newspaper business...
...Britain's elite Pytchley Hunt, a horsy chap once superciliously told Gulbenkian that he had never before seen an orchid worn in the field. Gulbenkian's amiable squelch: "My dear sir, I expect this is the first time you have seen an Armenian out with the Pytchley!" *Bugle-voiced Comedienne Hutton "retired" forever a year ago, has since launched two comebacks...
...butted back at Sir Edmund with a 100,000 rupee ($20,000) libel and slander suit. Back home in New Zealand, where he is now planning an Antarctic expedition, part-time Beekeeper Hillary looked up from maps to chortle again: "I think it's a priceless joke. This chap will have to prove that Tenzing...