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...upset winner was Charles Van Horne, 34, a Campbellton, N.B. lawyer, who carried a constituency where the Liberals had a 5,500-vote majority in the 1953 election. Before voting day, Tory Van Horne staged a monster dance and a succession of oyster parties and receptions, where he met and shook hands with an estimated 10,000 voters. The Liberals moved in Cabinet Ministers, Senators and M.P.s to make formal campaign speeches, but Van Horne's personal contacts paid off with a 2,000-vote majority...
Nobody ever writes about the mental side of sex-doctors are board with it, psychologists are scared of it, and philosophers are too smart to pit their neat little thoughts against such a monster issue. The undergraduate who investigates the subject is more often than not groping in the dark. If you're feeling ontological, you can go to the library and find lots of company. But if you feel like a big black tomcat at dusk, all you can do is yowl...
...book's hero-villain is Herb Fuller, "America's beloved humorist," a folksy monster of a television star. Fuller is presented as a platinum-plated s.o.b., the kind of man who would not only sell his grandmother but, in the end, not deliver her. In his programs he mixes corny piety with dirty jokes, drinks raw gin from a water tumbler while broadcasting. Like an alcoholic stashing away bottles in convenient places, Fuller stashes away girls in convenient apartments. He once hired a psychologist to find out what kind of music has the most relaxing effect on women...
Among the mechanized marvels: ¶A 70-ton monster built by Norton Co. of Worcester, Mass., which automatically moves a crankshaft from a grinding operation to drilling and milling and finally ejects it a job that had previously needed five machines. Saving in labor costs alone can estimated $38,000 a year on a two-shift operation...
...dead silence, a fire crew inched toward the still monster to douse its blackened rocket chambers with a blanket of foam. The sled's tail flared into a puff of flame, like a last gesture of defiance, and the test run was over. A quick check of the chronographs showed that Sonic Wind No. 2 had hit 995 m.p.h...