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...fact was that seldom-performed Lakmé had been chosen this year to welcome 42-year-old Lily Pons back into the Met fold. She is still the most competent coloratura in the business, and the Met was ready to admit it, after trying to build up an unproved fledgling, 18-year-old Patrice Munsel while Lily flew off with her husband, Conductor Andre Kostelanetz, on U.S.O. tours...
...horse sense rather than strained nonsense. ... If any of the comedians needs convincing I'd suggest [he] dig up the writings of 'Kin' Hubbard, the oldtime [Indianapolis News] columnist, [who] said almost 40 years ago: ¶ 'The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket...
...politician who as leader of the opposition has had little to do in the last decade except try to keep his guerrillas in hand, would reap his reward and become Speaker of the House. Indiana's Charlie Halleck, a repentant Willkieite now in the Chicago Tribune fold, would become Majority Leader. Illinois' Leo E. Allen, an undistinguished but faithful GOPster, would become chairman of the powerful Rules Committee which controls the House's business...
Outlining the AVC's program, McHale stressed that the new veterans group reflected the ideas of young men. He stated than on issues strictly concerning college veterans, the organization was currently conducting an intensive two-fold campaign from coast to coast aimed toward sparring the expansion of existing housing and teaching facilities in order to accommodate all those wishing education, and defeating "campus inflation." A recent survey showed, McHale added, that college dormitory rates on a countrywide basis have jumped...
...definite position on the first team for the rest of the season. All the men who were ineligible for Varsity competition last week because they had not passed an H.A.A. physical will be available for next Saturday's game thus increasing the potential starters by about two-fold...