Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Miami at the Orange Bowl last week, the central question was: Which coach would outguess the other? "Miami runs like hell, and they may pass, too. I don't know what to do," moaned North Carolina Coach Jim Tatum. Big Jim even telephoned to Georgia Tech's clever coach. Bobby Dodd, for some last-minute advice. "Tighten up the middle if you want to stop Miami's power," Dodd warned him. Concluded Tatum: "I guess I'll just contain...
...script is marvelously clever without being even dull although the real interest of the film lies in its really top-notch acting. The art of lampooning without bitterness, cruelty or overstatement seems to be a peculiarly British talent and The Man in the White Suit is a good case in point...
...hottest gossip item in town, made front-page headlines when he smashed into a police captain's sister, was dubbed "TV's Bad Boy" by the columnists. Wrote one: "Don is taking a Rorschach inkblot test at Stanford to find out why he's so clever, amusing, successful and miserable." His own psychiatrist told him: "If I told you what's wrong with you, you would never come back to me." Columnist Herb Caen, the Boswell of the Bay, says: "They all say the same thing about him-'If only he'd settle down...
...becomes clear that Angel is one of those rare and frightening people who take their dreams literally, cling to them even in the high noon of growing up, and are ready to lie, cheat or step over corpses to make their fancies come true. Angel dreams of being beautiful, clever, successful, beloved, and of owning Paradise House, the stately manor where her aunt is a lady's maid. While the Walter Mittys of this world use such dreams only as cushions, Angel uses hers as deadly weapons. With demoniac energy she pours her imaginings into a series of extremely...
...boss or prop girl at the theatre--in order to get to know the people who will eventually make decisions on scripts. On Friday say, 'I'll fix that for you over the weekend,' then come back with it done on Monday. The Big Boss thinks you're clever and you have a foot-hold on the ladder...