Word: children
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Last month Mazzi compounded his defiance by privately publishing a children's catechism that he had been using for religious instruction in Isolotto. The catechism stressed the working-class origins of Jesus. Cardinal Florit forbade other Florence priests to use the catechism and complained that it portrayed Christ only as an "agitator" and would contribute to "social tension." Once again he asked Mazzi to resign...
Divorced. Sammy Davis Jr., 43, diminutive, jumping jack-of-all show business and one of the world's highest-paid Negro entertainers; by May Britt, 31, lissome Swedish actress, on grounds of mental cruelty; after eight years of marriage, three children, two of them adopted; in Santa Monica, Calif...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a picture for the ages-the ages between five and twelve. After that, interest is bound to slacken into hostility or slumber. With valid reason. The movie, based on Ian Fleming's only children's book, is a story with enough saccharine to sweeten the Sargasso...
Once upon a time (c. 1910) there was an inventor named Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke). He and his two children-apparently spawned by autogenesis, since there is no mention of a mother-live with their potty Grandpa (Lionel Jeffries) and a bunch of malfunctioning machines, ingeniously designed by Rowland Emett. Like the man who invented five-up and six-up and then gave up, Caractacus falls just short of greatness. His vacuum cleaner not only cleans the rug, it swallows it. His color television set just broadcasts wobbles. His Icarus act fizzles when the rockets tied to his back...
Into his life wheels an automobile that the family dubs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of the way it chug-chugs and a beautiful lady named Truly Scrumptious because of the way she mug-mugs. Cute romance is in the air, cute songs flood the sound track, and the children, pining for Truly (Sally Ann Howes), utter the unkindest cute of all: "If he kisses her, then they'll hafta get married...