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...Magna Carta, bathed once every three weeks. Queen Elizabeth, born 317 years after his death, scrubbed herself only once a month, "whether she needed it or no." Thus it may be seen that the history of the human race's sanitary habits is by no means an unchecked upward gush. British Expert Wright-an architect, not a plumber-charts the flow with scholarship, wit, and handsome illustrations ; the resulting volume is better bathtub reading than most recent novels...
...theory. As interpreted by Bolton, Tremblay & Co. of Montreal, this holds that in any period of time, long and short-term price movements take place in five major phases or waves. "In the current market," explains Bolton Partner Hamilton Bolton, "we are well entrenched in the fifth and final upward wave-the last in a bull market...
...religion is by no means the only-or biggest-issue in West Virginia. Most voters are more deeply concerned over economic matters. The state has never really recovered from the Depression, ranks as one of the least privileged members of the Union. Each year upward of 10,000 West Virginians migrate to other states in search of a better life; 70,000 men are unemployed, and the relief rolls are so distended that only authentic "unemployables" are eligible for public assistance. The chronically depressed coal mines have cut their payrolls from 125,000 men to 50,000 in little more...
This year Pianist Pollini was clearly ahead from the start. Playing with deep concentration, lips parted and sharply profiled face tilted slightly upward, he worked his way through a selection of Chopin etudes, preludes and mazurkas, giving each of them beautiful tone and lyric line, crystalline clarity and virtuoso technique to burn. Said a judge after he played Chopin's E-Minor Concerto in the finals: "I don't think he missed a single note." The only criticism of Pollini was that his staggering technical facility and his octave-wide span sometimes tempted him into playing...
...Tokyo, the bull market broke only slightly in sympathy with Wall Street, then quickly spurted upward again. The rise, while it was helped by rumors of new U.S. investments in Japan, was chiefly based on the bright prospects of many a Japanese company, notably in electronics...