Word: congas
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...their manic ménage their landlord (George Tobias), a Harpo-Marxian painter with delusions of genius; the Harold-Teenish manager of a drugstore; a crafty reporter (Allyn Joslyn); six lighthearted cadets from the Portuguese merchant marine. Eileen's global charms inspire the sailors to do a mass conga that lands her in jail. At last Sister Ruth's stories about Sister Eileen are accepted for publication. Eileen stays on as indispensable source material...
Good shot: Miss Ball, crippled and propped up in bed, trying to do a conga from the hips up. She does it very nicely...
...novillero. His verónicas were trim and clean-cut. He bravely ventured a few faroles, swirling his cape overhead in the pass. Greatest applause and the bull's ear went to a comedian, who arduously dispatched a bull calf with toothpick horns to the accompaniment of a conga. The greatest burst of catcalls and jeers rose at the eviction of a teenage boy who leaped the arena fence and had beginner's luck passing José Maria's small (250 kilos) but tough bull. During this interruption José Maria stepped aside, then came back...
...such help when he came here; he had gone through the standard technique, phoning Wellesley after carefully thumbing the Year Book. He had visited the Raymor and met a girl who explained fully why she preferred Cary Grant to Spencer Tracy. The sound of Wrigley's Spearmint masticated to conga rhythm had become the usual price of a stag weekend. All that suffering had been spared these Freshmen...
...Private Shearer, frantically trying to modulate the pundit's inexplicable emphases, Kaltenborn sounded "like a conga drum; one, two, three . . . boom!" After 13 minutes the pundit was through and the private was exhausted. The announcer ushered Kaltenborn gracefully off the air, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem...