Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...older children, say. me.'' Among older children who have fallen for her are Pat Boone and Jerry Lewis. Sammy Davis Jr. will stay up all night to be sure to catch her show when he is in New York. Other adult male viewers find the going a bit sticky. Says one: "Much depends on the strength of one's stomach, extent of one's hangover, love of young mothers, and ability to endure small children at an early hour." But with young mothers, small children and her 13 sponsors, Shari Lewis is solid...
...every musical headed for Broadway. But for Daarlin' Man, response was spotty ("Can you imagine a Jewish organization going to an Irish play?"). Pleadingly, she tried to sell Tennessee Williams' forthcoming Sweet Bird of Youth: "No, I really don't think Williams is so morbid. A bit sexy, maybe. And it's got Paul Newman. Wouldn't you like an early night?" The charity man wanted none of it, leaving one night less on Broadway for Tennessee Williams...
...found herself strumming and humming for the glory of organized labor: "I must have sung on every picket line the U.A.W. threw up." Even after she moved to the jazzy West Coast, she stuck to her guns, occasionally found some unique ammunition. Item: a girl "who was a little bit loony" led her ta a piece called Don't Sing Love Songs, You'll Wake My Mother, which (despite its college-musical title) turned out to be an all-but-forgotten ballad sung in the Tennessee mountains for a century...
TOLL-ROAD TROUBLES are easing a bit, giving holders of $4.7 billion worth of bonds somewhat happier view of their investment. End of recession plus opening of important new access roads has boosted traffic to cover eight big turnpikes' current interest cost...
...horse meat." "Please don't talk," said the nun, "you're very seriously ill." "Not so seriously as you're well. How don't you enjoy life, mother. I should laugh all round my neck at this minute if my shirt wasn't a bit on the tight side." "It would be better for you to pray." "Same thing, mother...