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...foist such a tale upon clamorous Americans requires some audacity. Yet the attempt is successful because it is never strained and because each of the three principals has carefully developed a character. The Church of England is doubtless happy to be exported in such a complimentary fashion. It probably recognizes that there are few Anglican preachers who can get church-bound schoolboys to listen as attentively as Robert Donat succeeds in doing. Apparently, even the bulbous Dean of Gilchester, symbolic of church authority, approves in some small measure of his "live life while you live it" philosophy...
...opening of this week's show they were cleaned and given fluorescent lighting, which would have pleased the portly old gentleman's heart. Doubtless he would have been less pleased to see his exhibition tricked out with an array of turn-of-the-century props. Museum Director Perry Rathbone had raided Boston attics for polar bear pelts, potted palms and king-size bric-a-brac to give the show a period flavor...
...vinegary Max Bilgray could also summon a waiter and say coldly: "Bring Mr. Smith the key to the crying room." In a warm salute to Bilgray, President Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias recently drove across the isthmus and awarded him Panama's Order of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa-doubtless a unique honor for a saloonkeeper. Bilgray will not leave Panama now that he has retired; he intends to live out his days in Colón until...
Protective Coloration. In Lillington, N.C., defending himself at his trial for drunkenness, County Recorder's Court Solicitor Neill Ross pointed out that his accusers were doubtless misled by the fact that his face was "normally...
...year in which to disapprove of any marriage in the royal family. The Manchester Guardian learnedly explained that the act was passed by the slimmest of majorities in 1772 to control the marriages contracted by the libertine brothers of George III. "Sensible mortals," concluded the Guardian last week, "will doubtless feel that in the 20th century, such matters can safely be left to the head of the royal family without the restrictions of antique acts of Parliament." "Isn't it time," asked Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, "we took this chain from Princess Margaret?" In short, by indirection...