Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Phil plays a passable clarinet, Mimi at best has a middling voice, and their humor -which leans heavily on Mimi's buck teeth-belongs to the Keith-Orpheum circuit of three decades ago. In a way, they are so bad that they are disarming. There is a youthful nice-kid quality about them, and an innocent gaiety that captivates audiences: Ford and Hines were an instant national hit when Jack Paar gave them a guest shot last August...
...Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Five years ago her son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney,* donated $250,000 to build the new gallery, which in effect transforms the old center into the major museum his mother had envisioned-a place, said son Whitney, "where you will see Western history at its best...
...Treasury must even compete with other federally backed obligations to find customers-often coming off second best. Many investors who once insisted on a Government bond are now happy to buy a Government-guaranteed mortgage. Not only is the interest rate higher than what the Government pays on bonds, but the investor does not have to wait until maturity date to get his money back...
...Merriam, his father's boss, sees the boy's virtues, and it seems not unlikely that Philip will cut through social barriers and marry the old man's lovely, city-educated granddaughter. His valedictorian address is ready, full of noble sentiment, for his marks are the best in the senior class. Then comes the blow that tests him, his parents, and all the town...
...fact is that that best of fathers and husbands, John Wood, has been stealing the firm's money to speculate on the Chicago stock exchange. What interests Author Suckow is how the old Iowans she knew so well square the dreadful event with conscience, with character based on Biblical supports, with the responses of common humanity. Some, including old friends, are uncompromisingly unforgiving. Others, knowing that John Wood broke the code in the hope of easing life for his sick wife, want to be charitable. But for young Philip, life seems smashed, and his agony is the greater because...