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...front of the stage, September Song can be an enjoyable evening. The show presents a fairly accurate survey of Weill's work, divided neatly into two acts, the first mostly political, the second heavy on the old-fashioned show biz. Weill composed for lyricists as diverse as Brecht and Ogden Nash, and the creators of September Song have culled the best of all his lyricists for their show...
...goes. Eventually the professor decides that candy money may be the answer to the world's monetary problems, and devises an arrangement of soft currencies quickly dubbed the Marzi Plan. In the end he makes off with a sweet thing from the typing pool, remembering Ogden Nash's advice that "licorice quicker...
...rhymes. Wilbur's translation, however is so wonderfully apt and witty that it's a pleasure to hear it spoken. There are few trite or forced rhymes. And it's a novel and delightful experience to find oneself laughing at a particularly unexpected yet apt rhyme. With apologies to Ogden Nash, it's greater talent to make one laugh at true rhymes rather than manufactured ones...
...York Times Executive Vice President Harding Bancroft recalled that before the favorable Supreme Court decision on the Pentagon papers, the press was in fact restrained for 15 days until it was allowed to publish. Representative Ogden Reid, former publisher of the now-defunct New York Herald-Tribune, emphasized that "this is the first time . . . that prior restraint has been sought by the Federal Government." As for the broadcasting industry, Walter Cronkite of CBS charged that because it is beholden to the Government for its right to exist, "it is at the mercy of politicians and bureaucrats. Its freedom has been...
...gentle jest, the Wilson Library Bulletin printed a sign that read NO SILENCE. Mrs. Jeanne Phipps, chief librarian in Ogden, Iowa (pop. 1,500), found wisdom in the wit: "For a long time I had felt that our library was too formal. The association sort of said, 'We dare you to put this sign...