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...gets a Broadway role to show off her lovely voice and comedic gifts; Michael Cumpsty, though a bit too tailored as the harried director, is a charismatic anchor for the show; and Kate Levering, as the chorus girl who becomes a star, dances like a demon. The book is creakier than ever, with all that campy ?30s lingo ("Am-scray, toots!"). But this show is pure candy. It'll probably rot your teeth, but who can resist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway and Beyond: Musicals (Other than 'The Producers') | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...sing much better than a shower warbler," carped one drama critic. But on creaky knee and in creakier voice, Joe Namath scored big with his audience in Li'l Abner. Making his musical debut at Atlanta's Civic Center, the former New York Jet nimbly slipped through some opening-night tight spots. When upstaged by a squealing pig, he simply outbellowed the boorish ham. Later, when his pitch wandered way offsides in a love duet with Hee-Haw's Misty Rowe as Daisy Mae, off-Broadway Joe just laughed along with the twittering crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 4, 1980 | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...Stottlemyre (9-3), and won the pennant on the next-to-last day of the season. While the White Sox, Orioles, and Indians have gained talent and experience during the past year, the Yanks have just gotten a little older and their joints a little creakier. Howard is . Mantle is 33, and apparently his ailing are still in extremely bad shape. Ford is 26, and needed an arm operation last winter. Stottlemyre was brilliant in last year's stretch run, but he is still largely an unproved pitcher...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Chicago White Sox Will Win Pennant As Yankee Dynasty Crumbles to Ruin | 4/14/1965 | See Source »

...navy is even creakier. Spain's biggest ship, the 10,000-ton cruiser Canarias, is 20 years old; other capital vessels date back to 1923, and none has modern radar. Of the navy's four submarines, three are never sent below the surface for fear they might not come up again. Spain has 1,550 trained pilots, but only 350 outdated military aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: 22 Divisions | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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