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...miles of northern Europe, from Biarritz to Iceland. His flock consists mainly of Englishmen-on-holiday, diplomatic service staffs, finishing-school girls, other British transients and trippers. His duties involve constant travel, and an interminable round of social occasions that would deepen the rings under the eyes of a gossip columnist. But the new Bishop of Fulham who was consecrated at St. Paul's this week could hardly wait to start his peripatetic...
...Times's Sunday Editor Markel (see above) had several ready reasons why nearly four times as many people read the tabloid Daily News as the Times. The Times scorns gossip, leg art and comics; but the fact is that even on the Times's home ground-the important news-the Daily News often says it better...
...married beautiful Princess Elizabeth of Rumania, whose domestic accomplishments (embroidery, watercolors and cookery) distinguished her from her flamboyant mother, the late Queen Marie. Nevertheless, George's marriage ended in divorce in 1935 (Elizabeth now lives in Rumania and reportedly has grown very fat). A minimum of gossip has attended George's relationship with his British mistress (said a friend last week: "She really feels more like a mother than a mistress towards him"). Not even a whisper of gossip attended George's friendship with International Lawyer Fanny Holtzman. The redoubtable Fanny once heard it said that...
Urge to talk. One of A.A.'s worries is preserving its members' anonymity. Members have a marked tendency to gossip and declare themselves. A.A. insists on anonymity as a reassurance to prospective members. Women members (who comprise about a third of A.A.) are another problem. A large proportion of women alcoholics drop out after a few months...
...political acquaintance spread faster than back-door gossip. He has covered every national convention since the Bull Moosers met in 1912, and was masterminding Landon's 1936 campaign before Hearst even knew the Governor's name. Roy is still the star reporter of the Star...