Word: bustingly
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...millionaire instantly invites both Caine and MacLaine to dine in his private apartments, and after dinner is absurdly pleased to toddle off with Shirley on a tour of the Arab quarter. With the coast clear, Caine simply ducks back into the millionaire's flat and steals the priceless bust of a Ming empress...
...chit who can't keep her mouth shut, the millionaire himself an alarmingly shrewd article who instantly suspects that Caine & Co. are up to no good. Even so, he invites the crooks to his apartment for the pure pleasure of watching their faces when they see that the bust of the empress is secluded in an impenetrable electronic seraglio...
...When historians record Mr. Johnson's current program of planned uncertainty, he may be given the dubious distinction of being the only President to succeed in having a bust in the middle of a boom...
...marble bust on a pedestal today is about as contemporary as an old-fashioned butter churn. That is the conclusion to be drawn from the 148 sculptures chosen for New York's Whitney Museum annual, which opened last week. One newspaper critic was driven to suggest that a young sculptor, viewing the exhibit, might want to cut his throat in despair. Actually, the pulse of contemporary sculpture, as recorded by the Whitney's new curators, may be measured to the point of monotony but it is strong and rhythmic...
...proud of Arkansas I could bust! Spending a week there prior to the election, I talked with some of my home state's nonurban residents about voting for Rockefeller. Knowing the mountain people's lukewarm attitude toward "furriners," and rich 'uns to boot, I was anything but confident of his chances. I could only hope that my wonderful Arkansawyers would realize what a dedicated and resourceful man they had going for them...