Word: belled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before his shift, Phillips offered little opposition to Democratic Candidate John Bell Williams, 48, a racist Congressman who has pledged to deliver Mississippi's electoral votes to George Wallace. His new stance, Phillips hopes, could turn the trick in the Nov. 7 election by capturing the state's 185,000 Negro votes, along with those of whites eager for progress. Said one Mississippi Negro civil rights leader last week: "Don't be too surprised if we come out for Phillips...
...invariably introduced as Bar bara Britton) are part of TV lore. His wincesome looks and quirky mannerisms-such as hunching his shoulders and reeling around like Quasimodo doing the lindy-still bring serious letters from shut-ins commending his courage for appearing despite such an obviously bad case of Bell's palsy. Jabbing and pointing his finger like a traffic cop, he once brought on a hypnotist with the familiar "Here he is!" and poked the poor fellow...
...keep abreast of new talent, Sullivan is out most nights until 4 a.m. prowling theaters and nightclubs; in the summer, he spends six weeks abroad rounding up Swiss bell ringers, Japanese jugglers and enough animals to stock the Bronx Zoo, including such rare species as a water-skiing elephant and a piano-playing dog. For many years, his scout on the Chicago vaudeville circuit was the late Poet Carl Sand burg. "He got us the Australian woodchopper act," says Sullivan proudly, "and the fellow who stitches his fingers together with a needle and thread...
Harvard announced yesterday that it has named Hendrik Wade Bode, about to retire as vice-president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, to be Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering here...
Bode will assume the professorship Monday, the day after he retires, at 61, from the Bell organization. His is expected to teach and direct graduate work in the division of Engineering and Applied Physics...