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...light to turn green, in a restaurant waiting for a tardy guest-"use the waiting time to advantage . . . Let the jaw drop down until it feels about to crack. This relaxes the facial muscles . . . Bring the finger tips together at the base of the skull and lift hard, pulling the head up and stretching the neck muscles . . . Wiggle the toes inside the shoes. Limbering the big toe can do much towards improving the general feeling of well-being . . . Flabby buttocks have much the same effect on the body as a flat tire has on a car . . . pull them...
Efficient Edith Helm, White House social secretary, was momentarily nonplussed. At a press conference someone said he had heard that Bess Truman "used to beat even the boys at mumblety-peg when she was a child in Independence. She used to pull the peg out with her teeth, too." Quickly rallying, Mrs. Helm replied: "That's an esoteric rite of the player. I used to play it myself...
Cinemactress Joan Crawford, 42, who started out as a Chicago nightclub dancer even before the days of the Charleston, struck a pose for what she figured might be her 8,000th piece of cheesecake art. It had long since become a routine with her, she explained: "I just pull in my tummy, throw out my chest...
...memorandum, Lattimore specifically urged the U.S. to 1) pull out of Korea; 2) forget Japan as a potential chief ally in Asia; 3 ) hurry up recognition and trade with Communist China; 4) divorce itself from America's European allies in the Far East, i.e., Britain, France, The Netherlands; 5) avoid local entanglements-meaning, presumably, military assistance to non-Communist nations-that might annoy the Russians if & when the U.S. negotiates an overall deal with Joseph Stalin...
...varsity skiers placed last in the downhill, slalom, and jump, but were able to pull themselves up to eighth position in the cross-country. Dartmouth, only other Eastern entry, won the meet. The Green skiers, headed by Brooks Dodge and Colin Stewart, dominated the downhill and slalom, while second-place Denver University won the cross-country, and third-place Washington University the jumping...