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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...business men, professors and scientists of his brain trust, including Harvard Law Professor Lon Fuller, Nixon's onetime law teacher at Duke. Drawing on their ideas, Nixon plans to issue a series of study papers on campaign issues, started the flow last week with a 30-page report on "The Meaning of Communism to Americans...
...easily distracted average readers regress eight to eleven times per 100 words. Teacher Wood's beginning students curb this tendency by running their fingers under each line, then every other line, until they learn the "whirlaway motion"-a series of circular sweeps down the middle of the page. In 2½-hour sessions (plus one hour of daily practice), they read faster and faster against a clock, get constant quizzes on comprehension...
...nude) and deviation (the star of one act at Freddy's Peeperama is billed as "Mr. Fifty-Fifty"). But most members prefer their artistry straightforward. Last week Fluffles the Tassler and Countess Carolin von Sirowitz (the names change quickly) made members forget such recently faded princesses as Peaches Page and Melodic Bubbles. And all across London, clubmen were impatiently awaiting the promised arrival of Bonnie Bell the Ding-Dong Girl, whose entire wardrobe consists of three bells...
Once Upon a Dream, a Personal Chat with all Teenagers (Bobbs-Merrill; $2-95), by Patti Page. Blather on how to be absolutely fascinating, although young. Singer Page's chapter on early marriage begins, "Please, Dear Hearts and Gentle People, not yet-not till you think it over. Do you know the statistics on adolescent marriages?'' There is no advice on how old one should be before attempting a book...
...Question Man (Geis; $1.50), by Steve Allen. Another picture book, with a gimmick that grows rather old by the last page: answer first, then incongruous question to fit. Sample: Answer-"Butterfield eight three thousand." Question-"How many hamburgers did Butterfield eat?" There follows a picture of Non-Author Allen looking queasy...