Word: bores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's Hector McNeil bitingly bore down on Vishinsky's reactionary nationalism. a"As a junior Socialist," he said, "I find it a little unusual to find my revoludenary friend objecting to such a concept as international ownership...
Time for Elizabeth (by Norman Krasna & Groucho Marx; produced by Russell Lewis & Howard Young) was a tin-and-cardboard comedy which was meant to be box office but turned out to be a bore. Closing after eight performances, it showed little of what its collaborators are best known for: Groucho Marx, as playwright, lacked the divine madness he displays as a performer; while the smooth Krasnagraph that reeled off Dear Ruth and John Loves Mary badly needed oiling...
Doves & Honey. Working his way back east, Candidate Truman bore down on his theme that the Republican Congress wants to put control of Government-developed power "into the hands of hijackers-so they can stick you with high prices." At El Paso he charged that Republican leaders in Congress had "cut the reclamation program for the West by more than 50%." He continued: "Now, what do you suppose the Republican chairman of the Appropriations Committee [New York's John Taber] thought about your protests? He said, 'The West is squealing like a stuck pig.' That is what...
...cold and windy evening last week, while the men in Paris still considered the Count's plan, a white plane with United Nations markings landed at Stockholm airport. It bore the coffin of Folke Bernadotte. In a hangar filled with dahlias and carnations, in the presence of the Count's 88-year-old father Prince Oscar (brother of Sweden's King Gustaf), a short ceremony took place. Said the old man to the men who had brought his son's body home: "Thank you for what you have done...
...couldn't sleep at night," says DiMaggio. "I'd wake up with boos ringing in my ears. I'd get up, light a cigarette and walk the floor sometimes till dawn." Nevertheless, he bore down and had a big year: 32 homers, 140 runs batted in, a batting average...