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...group got a spiritual pep talk from the institute's music director, Max Helfman. He told them about young people turning to their religion-"Imagine, 80 young college girls in Bikini bathing suits sitting beside that beautiful swimming pool practicing their parshah [the part of the Bible to be read in the Sabbath service] ... I know some of you are asking, 'But why is a return to true Judaism so important?' I will tell you why. Because 2,000 years ago the Jews brought their message to the world and Christianity was the result...
...pep talk to greeting-card artists in Kansas City, Mo., Magazine Illustrator Norman Rockwell bared his soul: "I'm not the inspired type of artist who can't sleep and eat for thoughts of his work. I've never missed a meal yet. I sleep and eat and still get inspired...
...Battery. Willard Storage Battery Co. announced that it will soon put on sale a new auto battery with a special plastic gadget to adjust the water according to the seasons. More water in summer cuts acid deterioration, the company said, and less water in winter gives the battery more pep...
...clear attributes: he knew production and he was anything but a "yes man." After the election, Eisenhower's chief talent scout, General Lucius Clay, agreed with Ike that Wilson was the man to make sense out of the Pentagon. Wilson at first was reluctant, but after an Eisenhower pep talk, agreed to become Secretary of Defense...
...Pep-talking was not enough. Navy's deft team play, with crisscross aerial passes, won two quick goals early in the second half before Army could get moving. Final score: 10-7. Navy's jubilant players, rushing to the Severn River seawall, gave happy Coach William H. ("Dinty") Moore a hearty heave ho into the river-then exuberantly jumped in after him. Princeton's Coach Thomsen hurried to a telephone to tell his men that they were the national champions...