Word: chasing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Laughed Off. In New York, police looked for the man who, wearing a huge false nose and oversized glasses, stepped up to Chase Manhattan Bank Teller William Blaha, handed him a note that read, "This is a stickup. Hand over $10,000," fled after Blaha burst out laughing and asked, "Are you kidding...
...sardonic, unrelenting smile is very convincing. Michael Rennie, nattily attired in a Bond-tailored-to-measure suit, is the London office's special troubleshooter sent to Ankara to bust open the nasty mess. He and his Hollywood-styled henchmen, who take part in the inevitable last-reel chase, resemble Dragnet posses currently on view on television. Otherwise, settings appear authentic, and the total lightweight result is quite entertaining...
...bill, filed by Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) would increase the proposed amounts to be disbursed at the discretion of the National Institutes of Health from $500 million to $1 billion in five years...
MADAM, WILL You TALK?, by Mary Stewart (250 pp.; Mill and Morrow; 3.50), a fast chase in polished prose, is an outstandingly sleek example of the femnine first-personer ("Had I but known . . ."). Colorfully painted backdrops of provincial France and the Marseille waterfront are a good contrast to the nice young English widow whose holiday is almost spoiled by an unshakable pursue.s
...Linda Loman, strives with the power of love to save her family. Miss Hess portrays both the depth and the ineffectuality of Linda's feeling with a sure and delicate touch, and the almost youthful integrity of her hope contrasts finely with the desperate delusion of Willy's. Colin Chase, as Happy, sensitively uncovers the insecurity and frustration that lie beneath the younger brother's painful optimism...