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...organized her own business. "Dr. Pennington," said her citation, "is ranked among the foremost authorities on the refrigeration and handling of milk, flesh foods, eggs and other perishable commodities. . " . To achieve this distinction she has combined a broad fundamental training in chemistry and bacteriology, a wide research experience . . . and talent as an executive.'' In sum: she has had "a unique career...
...than about Lindbergh's flight to Paris or any murder except the Hall-Mills case; and his Contract Bridge Blue Book and its Summary (written by Mrs. Culbertson) are, next to the Bible, the all-time non-fiction bestsellers (1,300,000 copies). Thanks to an incredible talent for cards and for self-publicizing, Ely Culbertson became the most curiously famous...
...know Harvard better, and hear people he never thought existed. And in the bright blue, University-donated studio space in Shephard Hall, as time wears on and the Network gathers experience, talent in radio technical work will leave the lonely room where the ham tinkers, and nobody pays attention...
...Darius Milhaud, wrote: ". . . Negro music, with its deep human content which is about to create as complete a revolution as any of the masterpieces now recognized." As yet the revolution prophesied has not taken place, but it is nevertheless on the way. Through better education for Negroes who show talent, much work has been done to develop Negro music to fill its rightful place as an indigenous art in this country. William Dawson and William Grant Still, whose symphonic works have been sponsored (perhaps unfortunately) by the pride of Philadelphia. Leopold Stokowski, are among the most important names associated with...
Benito Mussolini's extraordinary talent for mystification served him well in building up this question. "The Italian people." he said recently, "have realized that the pilot must not be disturbed, especially when he is engaged in stormy navigation. nor must he be asked questions about the course." Because he determined to explain nothing, to make no commitments, everyone wanted to ask questions of the laconic pilot whose course was puzzlingly zigzag-now pointing for one belligerent shore, now toward the other, back & forth...