Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dutchmen. With the highest birth rate in Western Europe, and the lowest death rate in the world, Holland has doubled its population in the last 50 years, now has 10 million people for an area little larger than Maryland. Grumbled a Rotterdam cab driver: "This country gets so it isn't any fun any more. When you take a vacation, you can't find a place to go because everything is full. There's people and rules and regulations everywhere, and when the army comes back from Indonesia next year, there'll be another...
...sees it, the days of appendectomies on farmhouse kitchen tables are gone, and good riddance. "You can train the public to plan in advance and get to the hospital," says Dr. Reeves. "It's better for the patient and better for the doctor. In this day & age, there isn't much point in practicing under pioneer conditions...
Relying on the local critics isn't always practical either, because the show you see on opening night may be quite different from the one you see during the second week of the run. (A flagrant case of this is Garson Kanin's play, "The Rat Race," of which only 35 percent of the original 'Boston' script remained by the time it opened in New York...
...Dance Me A Song" is currently playing. It is the composite work of eight songwriters and 11 sketchwriters. It has an esteemed producer and a famous set designer. Its cast includes some of the brighter young names on Broadway. It could have been a swell show but it certainly isn't. In fact, except for some of the sets, all elements of "Dance Me A Song" are just basically mediocre and no amount of personable performing can help them...
...Pross, Darling . . . How too bad! I hope Tim isn't very sick [Mrs. Hiss's son Timmy had gotten chicken pox during the visit in Chappaqua] and it won't spread . . . Sic semper cinema! I wish I were there to help thee. [Hiss explained that since Mrs. Hiss is a Quaker he had written in the "simple" language.] Don't dream of coming down Saturday . . ." The letter closed with: "My love and commiseration to Sarah and Moll. Dearest love to thee. Thy Hilly...