Word: avidity
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...Filmways' Mr. Ed is not only a talking horse but an avid reader, which is why our palomino TV star flipped his hackamore after hoofing through TIME [July 23]. Whoever researched your story got a tip from a poor tout. Mr. Ed will indeed run for his fifth season...
...White Plains, N.Y., came to Manhattan fresh out of Denison University, in quick succession won a supporting role in the musical Foxy, a weekly singing job on CBS-TV's late The Entertainers, and last week a new exclusive five-year contract with ABC. Davidson has an avid following among the young marrieds, says squarely: "I try to project a wholesome image...
Unlike the pianists who open doors with their elbows, Michelangeli is not one to pamper his "strangler's hands." He is an avid skier, mountain climber and high-speed sports-car enthusiast (as a prewar professional driver, he once won the Mille Miglia). As a result he cannot find an insurance company that will insure his hands. Or his future. Even his manager, marveling at Michelangeli's "sudden return to the world," openly wonders: "How long will it continue?" Hopefully until next January, when the reluctant master is scheduled to perform in the U.S. for the first time...
...attempted to batter their way into the concert hall, and heavy police reinforcements had to be rushed in to quell the riot. Pianist John Browning, 31, whose brilliant interpretation of Barber's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra was one of the critical highlights of the tour, attracted an avid following of young girls, who stormed the stage crying "John, John . . . oh, John!" When Violinist Gino Raffaelli was spotted on the street, the volatile Armenians demanded an impromptu sidewalk recital. He complied...
...Kirkland House yesterday presented retiring Master Taylor with plane for the remodeling of the House's Dunster St. entrance. The Master, an avid gardener, immediately offered to do the landscaping...