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...servant switched on the radio, tuned in the 9 o'clock news. "Here is the news," said the announcer in the typically dry, burnt-toast style of BBC newscasting. The Prime Minister and his guests listened with half an ear. The announcer droned on "The Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor" he casually observed. "There will be a change tomorrow in the rationing of certain foods...
...sends Christ's word to 1,500 persons." Some send coins, most send bills, and now & then someone sends a substantial check. Recently soldiers in the Aleutians took up two collections, sent $275 "in appreciation" of the Hour. Last month a Michigan farmer wrote Dr. Maier ("Dearly beloved servant of Christ"), praised the Hour in Biblical sentences, enclosed check for $1,000 with the request "Please don't mention my name...
...Irish matter there is no argument in all Eire: the favorite Irish newspaper columnist is Brian O'Nolan, who writes for Dublin's Irish Times. He is small, dark, young (31). The impish O'Nolan, a novelist, playwright and civil servant, writes a six-a-week column titled Cruiskeen Lawn (The Little Overflowing Jug) under the pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen (pronounced Copaleen, means Myles of the Little Horses...
Tyrone to Tipperary. People who have sought O'Nolan since he became Eire's favorite columnist have had a hard time finding him. A conscientious, hard working civil servant, adept at answering letters, his days are busy with matters of state (e.g., settling claims for a recent orphanage fire). He passes as few nights as possible with the metropolitan arty crowd; among them he is a good drinker, poor conversationalist. He prefers the talk at the tough bars and quayside pubs...
...Holiness the Pope, Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants...