Word: cribbing
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...performance is his crewcut. He is so meek, mild, and mousy as to seem spiritless. Composer Jay Livingston and Lyricist Ray Evans have concocted some tender little lullabies for him to croon, but Gobel's singing voice scarcely carries the length of a baby's crib. Gobel is a comic miniaturist, and a Broadway stage is too wide-screen for his TV-styled gifts...
...sniffles, and Nurse Betty Gow was careful to rub Vicks ointment on his chest before she put him to bed at 8. Two hours later, she tiptoed into the nursery to look in on her sleeping charge. But even before the light was snapped on, she sensed that the crib was empty...
...perfectly, with tolerances to the disappearing point. If one contractor does not place an electrical junction box precisely right on a silo wall, it will not link with the cable being laid concurrently by another crew. If a silo is out of round by half an inch, the steel crib on which a missile rests will not fit correctly. Says a project engineer: "Our assembly line stretches from San Diego, Calif., to Plattsburgh, N.Y., and when everything comes together at the proper time, the fit has to be exact, sometimes down to a thousandth of an inch...
...start from scratch." Meanwhile, give or take a few stars, the tired and hungry traveler driving into Ukiah, Calif., with his family after eight hours on the road, can derive immense comfort from the knowledge that the two-starred Ukiah Travelodge offers a suite for $15 a night, with "crib, $1 ; cot, $2; TV free. Pool. Pets. Café adjacent. Self-serv. laundry four blks. Ck-out. 1 p.m. Patio." And just down Route 101, the one-starred House of Garner specializes in smorgasbord, with a special child's plate...
...society, but not until he has saved a few hundred dollars, owns a car, and has a place to live away from the haunts of addicts. Said the electronics worker: "There's much I want and nothing I need. I get home tired, and I look in that crib and I say everything...