Word: clutcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...distributed a brochure on the stars' "mike mannerisms" that is jam-packed with nuggety information. Samples: Bing Crosby "always rehearses with his pipe clenched between his teeth, even when singing"; Robert Cummings "reads lines from a semi-crouch, like a boxer"; Joan Crawford is a "microphone-clutcher," while Barbara Stanwyck is a "shoe-taker-offer." Don Ameche (with Loretta Young and Fred MacMurray, he is tied for the record with 21 appearances) drinks a pint of milk before each show "as a sedative." Paul Muni once played his violin right up to curtain time "to soothe his nerves...
...subway riders star at you? Does the "Harvard look" make then edge away or give your foot an extra trampling? How does the man under the street feel about Harvard men as his fellow handle clutcher? Over the roar of awaying cars, 25 travelers of the tunnels of the misnamed Boston Elevated Railway aired their views on their scholarly fellow passengers yesterday...
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