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...plug in his right ear. Up stepped a reporter after the ceremonies. "How long have you been wearing a hearing aid, sir?" he asked. Johnson beamed. "Fine, fine. Glad to see you," he said. . . . The moment they met, everyone could tell that this was the real thing. Actress Joan Crawford and Lassie found each other as winners of Benrus Citation Awards "for outstanding achievements based on time"-the lady as the star with the longest time span in films (45 years), the dog as star of the longest running drama in television (17 years). Gushed Miss Crawford, when she recovered...
...problem in the '70s will not be enough players. Where there are beautiful women, men can always be found. Far more threatening to the reviving industry is a misreading of the entrails, a miscalculation of public opinion. To return to the stereotypical Joan Crawford flick ("Let me alone, Paul, I'm a lost crusade") would be to drown in a sea of sorghum, to turn off the young, the middle-aged and the old. To generations brought up on television, every plot is known; to a sexually liberated society, every shock has been felt or consciously bypassed...
...fakes pregnancy (with the help of a pillow) to get on welfare. She does not succeed, though, because the case-worker who comes to call is enamored of her silver shoes ("Just like the shoes Joan Crawford always wore!") to the extent that he will not put her on the dole list unless she gives them to him. She will not. Bribing welfare workers to get the money she rightfully deserves is a violation of her principles...
...Backgammon Book by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford. Illustrated. 224 pages. Viking. $10. Though it is illustrated with the customary attractive leaves from medieval manuscripts and Flemish paintings, this is a no-nonsense text on one of the world's most ancient and alluring dice games. Instructions and diagrams are clear. There are good sections on probabilities and such popular variations of the game as acey-deucy and chouette. Still this is one gift book that will get off the coffee table and onto the gaming board...
During the drills, he threw a forearm which hit halfback Crawford's helmet, causing the break. Martucci didn't realize that his arm was broken and continued practicing until deciding that he was seriously hurt...