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...Burl Ives, who complicates a routine romantic farce by conjuring up slaves, seneschals, dromedaries, elephants, a shapely blue djinniyeh (Kamala Devi) and a tonic belly dancer (LuLu Porter). Soon, of course, Randall has to explain all the whimsical phenomena to his fiancée, Barbara Eden. This chore convinces him that nothing that comes out of the Bottle is worth what goes into it. He's quite right too. Audiences may choose to stay home where they can rub their television sets and hope for a miracle...
Perhaps Scully's biggest moment of this season came when Princeton's Ivy League champions invaded Cambridge. Scully drew the tough chore of guarding All-American Bill Bradley...
...handicaps, some Harvard students do, of course, get an education primarily through advantageous use of the freedom allowed by the University and the opportunity to live with intelligent people. But while the University's passivity promotes strong organizations and individual initiative this same attitude is not suitable for the chore of formal education. President...
...time getting the nation to accept his costly gift in 1890. A cruel tradition makes the Tate turn over any painting that can be defined as an old master to the National Gallery. For years, the public virtually ignored the Tate; during the 1930s the guards' first chore mornings was spinning the turnstile to build up fictitious attendance. But in the past decade the Tate has pulled ahead fast, and now, under the direction of Sir John Rothenstein, it is the largest and liveliest art museum in the British Commonwealth...
...President of the U.S.). Around her neck was a choker of pearls; a circlet of flowers crowned her high brown hair. She was on the arm of her 66-year-old father, Hugh D.-shy, elegant, and hugely proud to waltz her alone around the floor. The chore of greeting the 1,000-odd guests on the receiving line was over, and Janet could begin to enjoy the biggest night of her young life...