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...governor of South Carolina, James Byrnes, is a distinguished politician who was once an undistinguished Secretary of State and an even less distinguished Justice of the Supreme Court. He knows the temper of his state. He and South Carolina's legislature are cheek to cheek on the question of "white supremacy." They would abolish the state's public-school system rather than give up the segregation of Negroes and whites...
...Washington Post decided that Ghost Artists deserved an editorial. Having recently written a tongue-in-cheek piece "in defense of the ancient and much maligned trade of ghostwriting," the Post concluded that, "after some reflection, we can't see anything morally amiss about this proposal...
...through the zipping Khachaturian Cello Concerto, which Edmund Kurtz introduced in the U.S. (TIME, March 15, 1948), sharp-eyed Houstonians caught Efrem beaming down at his brother with almost fatherly pride. At the end, Edmund rose and grasped his brother's hand. Efrem bussed him warmly on the cheek. The gesture may have been a little European for Texans, but they seemed to understand and applauded roundly...
...industrious Mme. Veneziani startled everybody by reeling off so many -(130, mainly sportswear) that she had her mannequins parade four and five at once to save time. When she was done, even her rivals cast aside professional jealousy to swarm around her, crying, "Bravissimo!n and bussing her plump cheek. Overcome, Veneziani broke down and wept. Said a California department-store buyer: "The entire American sports world should have been here...
Flatlanders & Hillsiders. A Crier touch of satire is its tongue-in-cheek division of the world into "Hillsiders" (the residents of Hollywood Hills) and "Flatlanders" (everybody else). Rose occasionally uses the nicknames to needle racial intolerance. Sample: "Flatlanders are O.K., but how would you like your sister to marry...