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Oldtime Cinemactress Janet Gaynor (Seventh Heaven, 1927) and Designer-Husband Gilbert Adrian arrived home safe & sound after a six-week safari through Darkest Africa, just in time to catch a breathless Vogue preview of their trip: "Apart from several happy forays into Abercrombie & Fitch's Dr. Livingstone department, neither of the Adrians had had any experience as explorers. Their plans, not to shoot, but, rather, to admire the animals ('an enormous love of animals is our principal motive') modified the equipment situation somewhat . . . There would be a few days in Nairobi where dinner dress would be needed...
...insure the presence of students who know English, but also it gave the Europeans problems to consider other than their own, a chance to talk about subjects which were not restricted by their national borders. And with the United States holding such an important position in European affairs, the six-week sessions at the Seminar have been able to correct many misconceptions about America...
Last spring, he wrote Death of a Salesman in a six-week spurt; it had been stewing in his head for ten years. The script inspired such enthusiasm in its producers and Director Kazan that most of its 80 investors put up the backing without reading it. Some disliked the title and demanded a new one with box office lure, but Miller held...
...major change from previous sessions will be incorporated in the 1949 program. 16 of the 24 courses in education will be given on a six-week schedule, ending August 13 instead of the regular August 27 date...
During the war, there was a shortage of interns, and New York City hospitals began sending attendants to ride the ambulances. The attendants were given a six-week course in first aid and told to do their best. After the war, there was still a shortage of interns; besides, a survey showed that 7% of all ambulance calls were "unnecessary"; 3% of the patients were D.O.A. ("dead on arrival"); occasionally, ambulances merely acted as taxis...