Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exists in England today," says Donald Tyerman, editor of London's Economist. The so-called proletariat that was the bulwark of socialism and Communism is giving way to an immensely enlarged middle class, intent on acquiring all the trappings of affluence. One excellent measure is autos. U.S. Businessman Arthur Watson, boss of IBM World Trade Corp., found the change astounding. Eleven years ago the manager of IBM's big plant at Essonnes, France asked Watson for permission to build a shed to house the workers' bicycles; two years later he said he needed to enlarge the shed...
After cranberries, caponettes. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Arthur S. Flemming took aim last week at the plump, premium-priced table fowl, gave them both barrels, and shot down the nation's entire supply. Behind his action lay some farfetched reasoning that the chemical used to caponize young chickens and make them into capettes or caponettes might conceivably induce cancer in the consumer...
Kneepads, shin guards beneath her stockings, and sponge rubber tucked under her garter belt have not been enough to protect Patty from assorted cuts, bruises and a chipped tooth. Similar padding from ankle to bustle have not saved Anne from equally painful accidents. "The impulse during rehearsal," says Director Arthur Penn, "was to set the fight scene, to plan every move and response." But then he saw his stars at work. Once Actress Bancroft had persuaded Patty not to hold back ("Naw! You come on and hit me!"), the scrap quickly developed into impromptu reality, a little different every night...
GITTEL LIVES, wired Coe to Director Arthur Penn in Hollywood. Next day Playwright William Gibson was equally convinced. Anne was Gittel for him too. "So how was the Coast?" she greeted him. "Lousy, huh?" The Seesaw team, which had already signed Henry Fonda for the male lead, had found its real star...
...driver) and her mother (a checker at Schrafft's) were separated; before Patty got her first TV roles, the family teetered on the edge of poverty. In Miracle Worker, it was Anne to whom Patty looked for approval; it was Anne who became her particular pal. Soon, says Arthur Penn, "Patty and Anne were carrying on conversations in the manual alphabet behind our backs, cracking jokes and having themselves a time...