Word: betters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think it is necessary for me to go into the reasons why Asia is important," said he. "I am hoping to build a better understanding of the U.S. and good will for us." In New Delhi, India's Premier Nehru keynoted a stack of hail-he's-on-the-way editorials by observing: "We are very happy and look forward to his coming . . . As the border problem is an important problem, I presume it will come up in the course of our discussions...
...down there on earth . . .' " By the time all the spizzerincta were spizzed out, Mayor Sensenbrenner was out of office. Winner, to everybody's surprise but his own, was lackluster Wallace Ralston Westlake, 52, independent Republican city council president. Westlake made a colorless "nice guy" campaign for better city leadership, was helped immeasurably by voter irritation over sloppy Sensenbrenner administration and corruption in the police department. He won by 5,000 votes...
...kinds of rare birds: missiles and scientists. Critchfield knows his way around in still another way that should stand him in good stead in the Pentagon: he is a shrewd and lucky poker player with a tested wizardry for figuring the odds on any hand. "You're better off," said a poorer but wiser Convair colleague, "to give him your paycheck to start, and stay out of the game...
...show is funny. But the humorous part of the program could be funnier, and truer to Twain if some of the cuttings were better. If Twain is "America's funniest humorist," as all the advertisements say, and even if he isn't--much of his charm rests on an especially endowed talent for spinning the old Western tall tale. Sometimes the story-teller, without cracking a smile, is able to convince his victim that his whole tale is gospel truth and is able to use this tale for all sorts of devious ends. But the comic aspect lies chiefly...
Though the cutting could be better in places, "Mark Twain Tonight" is well worth seeing. Holbrook does a convincing job of acting, talking and looking like Twain, and he manages to present a fairly accurate picture of Twain's often bitter outlook and yet preserve a genuinely funny show...