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Official discoverer of the new comet was Professor John Paraskevopoulos of Harvard's observatory near Bloemfontein, South Africa, who reported his find on Nov. 7. Other southern hemisphere astronomers spotted it about the same time, as did at least one nonscientific night owl. Captain Frank McGann of Panagra saw the comet from his Clipper as he flew over the Caribbean on Nov. 4, and reported it to his base in Miami...
...Owl" reached Philly at 8 a.m. Saturday morning and Madar went directly to his hotel, where he bought two local papers to read while eating breakfast. After picking up more "atmosphere" from the pre-game football stories, and checking over what he was supposed to pay particular attention to that afternoon, he enjoyed a nap ("I can never get much sleep on a Pullman...
Grins & Giggles. In Mexico City, Bullfighter Paco Gorraez heard the news in a cafe. "By God," he said, "but the old owl can really fly!" Then he strode across the café, confronted TIME Reporter Rafael Delgado Lozano, who had persuaded him not to bet on Harry Truman. Expertly, he punched Expert Lozano in the nose...
...nadir in a thin book of thin versified prattle called America Was Promises, in 1939. In that year MacLeish had accepted the first of a series of public offices: that of Librarian of Congress. He also became successively head of the Office of Facts and Figures, assistant director of OWL Assistant Secretary of State, and deputy chairman of the U.S. delegation to UNESCO in Paris. It looked as if MacLeish were through as a working poet (he did not deny it) and had become a public...
This fall Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co. joins the animal fanciers with an owl whose, chest lights up with a big "6" (6% saving for cash). To dramatize various features of their service, New York's Chevrolet dealers plan to hire six dwarfs. Fitted with plastic masks and dressed as garage repairmen, the dwarfs will be addressed as Howdy, Quickie, Tidy, Thrifty, Brainy and Brawny...