Word: blew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Only When Dead." The shock that finally blew the lid off was last month's sensational attempt on the life of Rio's famed crusading Editor Carlos Lacerda (TIME Aug. 16 et seq.). The three gunmen who ambushed him only managed to shoot Lacerda in the foot; but they killed an air force major who accompanied him. In blazing editorials Lacerda charged that members of President Vargas' bodyguard had done the job at the order of Vargas' son Luthero. The air force demanded that Vargas must go. Vargas refused. But last week the army, final arbiter...
...entertainment world's most refreshing romance blew fair and warm as Cinemactress Debbie (Susan Slept Here) Reynolds, 22, floated off a plane from Hollywood at New York's International Airport and into the open arms and bashful buss of Crooner Eddie (I Need You Now) Fisher, 26. The combination of wholesome young love and two stirring success stories was a nation's delight. Daughter of a railroad carpenter, Debbie got into movies in 1948 when a talent scout spotted her wearing a holey bathing suit in a Burbank (Calif.) beauty contest (her family couldn't afford...
...game. He could even recognize some of the players' names: Choo-Choo Roberts from the New York Giants, Al Pfeifer, who once played end for Fordham, Tom McHugh from Notre Dame. Still, something was wrong. There were twelve men on the field for each team, and no whistles blew...
...blew off with a sex scandal. On a hilarious Saturday night following the traditional varsity-alumni football game, a student brought a girl into East Lawn dormitory. During the night a dozen students and alumni were in and out of the room; when the girl finally got home Monday, her socially prominent parents called the university in outrage...
...wants to get through life without stepping on anyone, but his girl and events won't let him), an adequate cast, and uneven, but sometimes moving, writing. However, the actors had more than average difficulty remembering the words; even bright-eyed Susan Shaw, doing the Goodyear commercials, blew her lines...