Word: decking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hands on Deck (20th Century-Fox). Charles Eugene ("Pat") Boone,*a pop singer known in show business as "the apostle to the adolescents," has a face as wholesome as a glass of milk, though perhaps not quite so interesting. He does not smoke, drink or swear. Some people also say he does not sing, but then some people don't like the way Albert Schweitzer plays the organ. Certainly he does not act, but perhaps that is expecting too much of a lad who is only 26, and who, as he shyly confesses, was spanked by his mother (with...
...sings a song. The music will not seriously disturb anybody except musicians, but the words ("She's a new destroyer type Every turret round and ripe") are really going to raise Ned in the 4,400 Pat Boone fan clubs. Anyway, after 98 minutes on a cliche-cluttered Deck, even the most loyal Boone companion may say amen to this unwittingly witty bit of dialogue...
...Floored twice in the first round by the surprise attack of Ingemar Johansson, Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson rallied to deck the Swedish challenger in the same wild round, nailed like a frantic amateur until he finally knocked out his man in the sixth to win their rubber match and retain the title at Miami Beach. ¶ New York police began uncovering another major college basketball scandal by arresting two smalltime operators named Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken for paying $1,500 to a player for the University of Connecticut and $1,000 each to two players for Seton Hall...
...kind of bridge between reality and dreams, Hultberg exaggerates perspective. The eye no sooner lights upon some familiar surface-a deck, a dock, a piece of roof-than it is drawn through some sudden opening, whisked up a ladder or a plank, flipped into space. Occasionally a whole painting is made up of windows, each with a separate world behind it. The shadowy figures lurking here or there are merely spectators: ''They put the viewer into the picture...
...torn. Air Force Veterinarian Major Richard Benson stood close beside the mechanics as they took off the capsule's hatch. From inside came a whimpering sound. "He's alive!" cried Major Benson. "He's talking to us!" Soon the chimp chamber was on the deck. No. 65 grinned and shook hands with Major Benson. Then he was rushed to the Donner's battle dressing station for a physical exam. Pronounced healthy, he was then officially given the name...