The Viennese Opera Ball
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esofintensityandshadesofquality;andtherearecorrespondingdiversitiesinthesensationsofpleasuretheybestow.Itisofmuchimportanceindeterminingthesesensationswhetherthestimuliarelocalizedmainlyinthefrenulumpreputtiortheposteriorrimoftheglans.Artratherthansheerforceshouldprevail.(Thereisanauthenticcaseonrecordinwhichtheattendantbracedhimselfandpulledsohardthat,whentheforcepsslippedoff,hefelloutofanopenwindowontothestreetbelowandsustainedaskullfracture,whilethepatientremainedundelivered.)TheJumboTree,254feethigh,isnamedfromtheodd-shapedgrowthsatthebaseresemblingtheheadsofanelephant,amonkeyandabison.IsabellatoldCarolathatshe"wouldlikemostofalltobeamoviestar,"hadjustreturnedfromHollywood,wheresheplayedasmallpart("butoppositeGaryGrant")inThatTouchofMinkandalargeroneinanall-Italianfilm,Smog.BesidesEnglishandItalian,IsabellaspeaksFrenchandSpanish,hatesbiggroups.Whatkindofbiggroups?Carolaasked.Thiskind,Isabellasaid,wavingherhandtoindicatetheVienneseOperaBall.
SmogisaninterestingnameCarolasaid.IntheemptyexpansesofIslamabad,thenewcapitalthatPakistanplanstoerectinthecoolfoothillsoftheHimalayas,thefirstbuildingsscheduledtogoupareaclusterofairystructuresdesignedbyfamedU.S.architectEdwardStone.Setinacloisteredwatergarden,thebiggestofStonesbuildingswillhousePakistansfirstnuclearreactor——oneofthelargestsalesmadebyNewYorksAmericanMachine&FoundryCo.Fifteenyearsago,AMFwasacompanywithonlyahandfulofproducts(cigarette,bakingandstitchingmachines)andannualsalesofabout$12,000,000.Today,with42plantsand19researchfacilitiesscatteredacross17countries,AMFturnsoutproductsrangingfromremote-controlledtoyairplanestoICBMlaunchingsystems.ThankstoAMFsdeterminedpursuitofdiversificationandgrowthproducts,its1960saleswere$361million,itsearnings$24million.Andintheglumopeningmonthsof1961,thecompanyssalesandearning**newfirst-quarterhighs.AMFsexpansionistheworkofslow-spoken,low-pressuredChairmanMoreheadPatterson,64,whotookoverthecompanyin1943fromhisfather,RufusL.Patterson,inventorofthefirstautomatedtobaccomachine.AfterWorldWarII,MoreheadPattersondecidedthatthecompanyhadtogrowordie.Searchingfornewproducts,heturnedupacrudeprototypeofanautomaticbowling-pinsetter.Togetthenecessarycashtodeveloptheintricategadget,PattersonswappedoffAMFstocktoacquireeightsmallcompanieswithfast-sellingproducts.ThePinspotter,perfectedandputonthemarketin1951,helpedtoturnbowlingintothemostpopularU.S.competitivesport.DespitekeencompetitionfromtheBrunswickCorp.,AMFhasremainedtheworldslargestmakerofautomaticpinsetters.With68,000machinesalreadyonleaseintheU.S.(foranaverageannualgrossof$68million),AMFlastweekgota$3,000,000contracttoequipanewchainofbowlingcentersintheEast.IsthereanotherPinspotterinAMFsfuture?ChairmanPattersoncautiouslyadmitstothehopethatperhapsthefirmsintensiveresearchintopurifyingbrackishandfouledwatermightproduceanotherproductbreakthrough."Companies,likepeople,"saysPatterson,"getarteriosclerosis.MyjobistoseethatAMFdoesnt."MoreheadPattersondidnotattendtheVienneseOperaBall.
CarolaMittsaid:Amongotherthings,Imeanstheego;itisalsothesymbol,inastronomy,fortheinclinationofanorbittotheecliptic;inchemistry,foriodine;inphysics,forthedensityofcurrent,theintensityofmaization,orthemomentofinertia;inlogic,foraparticularaffirmativeproposition.LesterLanninalsoplayedfortheVienneseOperaBall.Nonsense!saidahugemanwearingtheDoubleEagleofSt.Puce,whataboutsailing,salesmen,salt,sanitation,SantaClaus,saws,scales,schools,screws,sealingwax,secretaries,sects,selling,theSevenWonders,sewerage,sewingmachines,sheep,sheetmetal,shells,shipbuilding,shipwrecks,shoemaking,shopping,showerbaths,sieges,signboards,silverware,sinning,skating,skeletons,skeletonkeys,sketching,skiing,skulls,skyscrapers,sleep,smoking,smugglers,Socialism,softdrinks,soothsaying,sorcery,spacetravel,spectacles,spelling,sports,squirrels,steamboats,steel,stereopticans,theStockExchange,stomachs,stores,storms,stoves,streetcars,strikes,submarines,subways,suicide,sundials,sunstroke,superstition,surgery,surveying,sweatandsyphilis!ItisoneofMcCormacksproudestboasts,Carolaheardoverherlovelywhiteshoulder,thathehasneveroncemissedhavingdinnerwithhiswifeintheirforty-oneyearsofmarriedlife.SherememberedKnockoattheEvacuationDayparade,andBaudelairesfamousremark.Mortalityisthefinalevaluatorofmethods.Animportantgoalisanintactsphincter.Thegreatertheprematurity,themoregenerousshouldbetheepisiotomy.YessaidLeonJaroff,DetroitBureauChiefforTime,attheThomasElementarySchoolonwarmspringafternoonsIcouldlookfrommyclassroomintotheopendoorsofthePackardplant.Idealfosterparentsarematurepeoplewhoarenotnecessarilywelloff,butwhohaveagoodmarriageandwholoveandunderstandchildren.Theninthdayoftheninthmonthisthefestivalofthechrysanthemum(KikuNoSekku),whensakemadefromthechrysanthemumisdrunk.KikuJido,acourtyouth,havinginadvertentlytouchedwithhisfootthepillowoftheemperor,wasbanishedtoadistantisle,where,itissaid,hewasnourishedbythedewofthechrysanthemumswhichaboundedthere.Becomingahermit,helivedforathousandyears.Husbandshavebeenknowntolookattheir
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