Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...European too, but of a different cast. He had been raised in the iron Kinderstube of the Comintern. In 1929, when he first appeared in Czechoslovakia's Parliament, he said: "You, gentlemen, are asking me what we are here for. My answer is simple. We are here to break your necks...
After the Bobbsey Twins. In Hollywood, mentioning Kinsey was one of the few ways to break up a gin rummy game. Radio comedians, ever on the alert against censorship, tested the water with such gags as: "He's at the awkward age-you know, too old for the Bobbsey Twins and too young for the Kinsey report...
...served as an Air Forces intelligence captain), he has directed three more-Annie Get Your Gun, Happy Birthday and John Loves Mary-all still running (next chore: directing Rodgers & Hammerstein's Tales of the South Pacific"). Josh deprecates his chain-explosion of successes: "It's hard to break in, but the moment you've had a success everybody wants you. There just aren't enough directors to go around...
...dent had the commodity price break made in the cost of living? Last week Ewan Clague, boss of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, called reporters into his chart-filled conference room to tell them. He had just finished collecting last-minute data, by telegraph, from twelve cities, kept his staff up most of the night assembling it. Said Clague: retail food prices have declined 3 to 4% from their alltime high...
...dash tonight, Spivak will have to contend with men like Joe Cianciabella, last winter's winner, Ira Kaplan, and Homer Gillis. He may pick up a couple of points if he gets a break off the mark. Don Trimble may squeeze in for a fifth-place point in the shot. He hit 47 feet, 11 1/2 inches at New Haven this week. Lawrence and Lockett could score in the vault...