Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Welles would, he apologized for looking more like "the man who came to dinner" than a tormented monarch. He candidly confessed that since the City Center was a nonprofit, cultural organization that needed the money, he had "come out to discourage a stampede to the box office." Only a few hundred of an estimated 2,800 present asked for refunds. The rest settled back for An Evening with Orson Welles...
...Jekyll reappeared from behind stage looking a little out of breath and had his assistant bring out a box and locked one of the girls in, but after a while she got out. Raising his hands again for applause, Dr. Jekyll spoke to the audience softly. "It is said that magicians have the power to cast spells. If I were to cast a spell over you, I would wish you good luck, good fortune, and all the best of life." Then Dr. Jekyll folded his collapsible table and quietly stole away...
After the announcements, Grace and Rainier attended a gala ball in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, where they sat uncomfortably in a "royal" box and nibbled crystallized violets while the press howled at the door. Grace wore a Dior gown and low heels so that she would not be taller than the 5 ft. 6 in. Prince. Later, at the Harwyn Club, Grace nibbled at Rainier's ear, and danced with him until 4 a.m. This week she was off to Hollywood to make a movie with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, leaving her fiancé to wander around...
...Tool Box. In Los Angeles, police looked for the noisy customer who walked into Jimmy Ostroff's bar, was refused a "screwdriver" (vodka and orange juice), robbed Owner Ostroff of $200 at gun point while he bellowed: "If I can't have a screwdriver, how do you like this...
...Bruins suddenly tied the game, however, with two goals by Captain Pete Tutless within 88 seconds of each other in the opening minutes of the second period. Crimson defenseman Mario Celi, who played one of his best games, was in the penalty box at the time of the second goal...