Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...also notes one dean's reply to attempts to differentiate "joint instruction" and co-education. "That is exactly like saying a girl is just a little bit pregnant. You've either got co-education or you haven't. And whether we like...
...Harvey's new acquaintances were quite unfriendly. The Communist press hinted darkly that he was actually a capitalist Trojan horse which would lull Austrians into forgetting life's serious problems. The Red Army's local paper warned its readers that "Harvey is not really a harmless bit of fluff . . . The great mission of this rabbit," it wrote, "is to overcome reality-the bad truth one always wants to put away...
...time the show had finally ended at 4 a.m., Ella Fitzgerald and the Kai Winding Boptet had livened things up a bit, in between Artie's three concert shows. But Artie wasn't giving up. He planned to soup up the amplifiers so he could really dump it in their laps. And he thought he would change some of his programming-he had learned enough, he said, "to lecture at Juilliard on public reaction to modern music." So he was just going to keep on attacking the Great Wall of China with his little nail file...
Like Father. The most successful of the young crop is lean, 28-year-old Dr. Gary Middlecoff, the Memphis dentist. When he gets set to hit a tee-shot, the stock gag with his fellow pros is: "This won't hurt a bit... Ouch!" He has a loose swing, hits a long straight ball, steadies down under pressure like a real pro, works well on the greens with his unorthodox putter (a gooseneck with the blade extending forward from the shaft instead of backward...
...important point is that Astaire & Rogers are seasoned showmen-both as dancers and comedians. Their dance numbers, though more sedate than ever before, are enchanting examples of the breezy, sophisticated style which they themselves brought to perfection. In his best solo routine-a bit of high-powered choreography in a shoe shop-Astaire proves that at 50 he is still the best all-round heel-totoe man in the business. The rest of The Barkleys proves that Ginger (who, like the heroine she plays, has had her fling as a dramatic actress) is still the best movie dancing partner that...