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It Ticks Me No End When People Get Ticked Off At Those Of Us Who Comment Audibly And In Print On Events And Problems. That's What We're Paid For. Why Clutter Up Your Mind With A Bunch Of Facts That Might Inhibit The Solve-ability Of Us Who Must Express An Opinion? After All, All The World Cries Out For A Solution To Its Problems, And We Supply Them Right And Left. Come To Think Of It, It's We Who Should Be Giving Our Deplorers And Detractors The Blast; Because 99% Of The Time They Don't Do As We Say.

Perhaps Harvard's Greatest Contribution To Our Nation Is Its Requirement That Its On-leave Professors Who Want To Keep Their Crimson Seats Must Return From Washington After 24 Months.

Several Weeks Of Summer Vacation In The Thirties I Spent Working At $15 A Week In The Forbes Office.... I Worked In The Mail Cage, Where Envelopes Were Slit And Subscription Payments Extracted. Dad Used To Come Pounding Down The Office Aisle And Pause Long Enough To Ask, How Much Today? Inevitably The Answer Was Inadequate-except Once. That Day The Controller Said Excitedly, Mr. Forbes, The Ledger Shows A Slight Profit This Month! ... My Father Turned To Him And Said, Young Man, I Don't Give A Damn What Your Books Show. Do We Have Any Money In The Bank?

Making Mistakes Is Human ... Repeating 'em Is Too.

I Haven't A Clue About The Biology Or The Psychology Involved When A Person Dissolves Into Tears, But It Is Quite Fascinating To Note What Turns Them On. There Are Wives Who Can Cascade Over A Late Husband Or A Burned Dinner, And Equally Pour Tears Of Joy Over A New Bonnet Or A Renovated Bathroom.... A While Ago I Took A Ship Back From Europe. Amid The Tumbling Confetti ... I Found Myself Misty-eyed Watching A Young Lady Waving A Tearful Farewell To Her Boyfriend On The Dock. I Couldn't Figure Out If I Was Crying At Her Plight, Or In Delight That He Wasn't Coming Along With Us.