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From time to time Anything Goes pauses in its narrative maze of mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings to turn lyrically topical. For example, Miss Merman sings this chorus of the theme song...
...criminal prosecutor. This officer has practically sovereign, discretionary power in determining which of the captured criminals shall be prosecuted and how the prosecution shall be managed. He has the dangerous alternative of following up a case with vigor, or allowing it to be deferred and lost in the maze of court routine. Yet this officer remains the puppet of local politicians, subject to their selfish will, and forced by the necessities of reelection to bow to their decisions on the advisability of prosecution in certain cases...
...extreme peril which forces the poor student to dodge through the rushing autos on his way to the New Lecture Hall, and so with the co-operation of the State Highway Commission they have begun a survey to determine the exact number of cars and pedestrians frequenting the maze of highways converging at the Fire Station...
...CHINESE ORANGE MYSTERY-Ellery Queen-Stokes ($2). Ellery and Inspector Queen are balked for a time in a maze of philately and jewel-collecting; but Ellery perspicaciously solves the clue of the "backwards room" and, of course, the murder...
...prime example of the political meddling, jealousy and intrigue which bedevil most state universities. It came to the fore during the eleven-year administration (1915-26) of the late Henry Suzzalo. Able in politics as in pedagogy, he wangled generous grants from the Legislature, built up a maze of specialized colleges, upped enrollment from 3,000 to 7,000. But he made one major mistake. As virtual Governor during the fatal six-month illness of Wartime Governor Ernest Lister, he started to clean up lumber camps and trod on the toes of a lumberman named Roland Hill Hartley...