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...imagine what happens when Allen slips on one of those banana peels. It is almost impossible, however, to convey the intricacy of his comic inventiveness, the shrewdness with which he sustains his comic lines. The simplest measure of Sleeper's success is perhaps the fact that one recalls it not by quoting Allen's one-liners but by trying to describe-inadequately-his beautifully built visual gags...
...when the news of the missing tapes was reported on TV. "You wouldn't believe the look on their faces," he recalls. "They can't believe this guy. I'm honestly afraid he might force a revolt in this country. Hell, this ain't a banana republic. We don't want a coup d'état. But he's going to drive some people...
...third biggest since the Government started keeping such records in 1902. Nearly all of the increase was caused by runaway farm-level prices for food, which rose by an astronomical 23.1% in a month-a new record by far and an inflation rate usually associated with banana republics...
Consequently I look better." But her famous self-confidence vanishes for just a moment. Perhaps thinking of that once failed film career, she says, "There's always a surprise. I keep looking for that banana peel...
...diversification, Black -an Orthodox Jew who follows strict dietary rules-is still high on bananas. He considers this relative of the lily family a cheap source of both protein and calories. United Brands earlier this year opened a 9,000-acre banana plantation in the Philippines with an eye to the Asian market. Company executives are also negotiating with a number of Eastern European governments in the hope of getting them to consider Chiquita bananas not a symbol of Yanqui imperialism but a part of Communist diets...