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Little more was to be gained by fur ther tutoring at this point, at least as far as the CRIMSON was concerned, so in the interests of economy I did the rest of the work for the hour exam myself. The grade tells the story; on the essay question, answered largely with the material covered in my tutoring sessions, I got an A minus; on the short-answer questions, my own contribution, a C plus...
...reporters, started for the fighting zone in a pea-green bus. They were a strangely assorted crew. India's press representative was a small neat man in a midnight blue Homburg and black canvas overshoes. Mexican Captain Soto Mc-Nerney was resplendent in a green hunting costume, with fur collar, from Manhattan's Abercrombie & Fitch. The London Times man, clad in street clothes and carrying a neatly rolled umbrella, looked as though he had just stepped off a train at Paddington station...
...Angeles, Aldewin W. Hasler was sued for $3,550 damages by his ex-wife Daisy, who charged that he had broken the heels off her velvet pumps, cut both the sleeves off her fur coat, punched holes in her nylons, thoroughly shredded one evening dress, cut the backs out of her galoshes, and mixed dirt into her face cream...
Katherine Tupper Marshall, who wrote a book (Together; Annals of an Army Wife) about life with George Marshall, recalled that the flyers had nothing but their thick fur parkas to wear at receptions. Marshall ordered civilian suits for them and "they appeared, immaculate in dark business suits . . . delighted by the double-breasted cut of the coats...
Died. Irving Joseph Fox, 58, who ran a single fur coat into a $12-million annual business (I. J. Fox, Inc.) by some of the loudest publicity since Barnum; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan. London-born son of a furrier, Fox pioneered in sky writing and singing commercials ("All Girls Are Beautiful"), introduced commercially some fabulous luxury furs (silverblu, platina), but did most of his business in installment sales of cheaper goods...