Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Borge works in two sets consisting simply of drapes, union rules demand that he be assisted by eleven stage hands and four stand-by musicians. What do the stage hands do? "That," says Borge, "is a question I can't answer." But at the 731st performance, the musicians finally got their chance. As the audience quaffed champagne, Borge had the pianist, two violinists and a trombonist join the celebration by playing Happy Birthday...
...Sullivan Show is in the hands of Co-Producer Mario Lewis, Director-Choreographer Johnny Wray and Musician Ray Bloch, who have been at work since the previous Monday. Ed comes onstage to a burst of applause from the audience of 500 crowded into the balcony (because of the demand for tickets, Ed's is one of the few shows that admits an audience to rehearsals; they must leave the theater later to make way for a completely new audience when the show goes on the air). Ed waves and strains a smile, squinting up against the battery of floodlights...
...CONSUMPTION in the free world will jump so fast in the next 20 years that it will be "increasingly difficult" to keep pace with demand, says Socony Mobil President Albert L. Nickerson. The forecast: a 65% jump over 1954, to 21.4 million bbls. daily by 1965, a 100% jump, to 26.7 million bbls. daily...
...Stuttgart plant (400 workers, 250 engineers) is currently producing only 300 cars a month, which is far below demand; at last week's show alone, Porsche salesmen took 200 orders. Ferry Porsche doggedly refuses to expand his sports-car output for fear of hurting the quality, but he is tinkering with prototypes of a jeep-type vehicle called "The Hunter," plans eventual production of 500 to 1,000 a month if there is sufficient demand...
...Majesty happened by and took a hand. She was delighted and asked Schenck to draw up some rules. He obliged and added that "it is good practice to chaff (talk nonsense) with a view to misleading your opponents." This brazen encouragement of coffee-housing caused U.S. poker purists to demand his recall...