Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Anyone who respects an original idea such as atomic duck eggs will be tempted to see "Mr. Drake's Duck." Unfortunately, he will find little originality and less humor in Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s web-footed producing and acting...
...ducks, which are a welcome relief, arrive after Yo-Yo inadvertently nods during an auction. After quarreling over the poultry, the Drakes make up by writing on their first boiled duck eggs: "I'm sorry. Me too." When Fairbanks hits it with a knife, it gives off a note stolen from "Gerald McBoing-Boing" and the show is on. At this point, the sound track is cluttered with noise, and the plot filled with impossible sequences. A representative from some ministry shows up with hundreds of forms in triplicate (red tape in Socialist governments). Then the army invades with tanks...
...awful," said Charlie Keller, a Flagler farmer who was standing with his wife, his 14-year-old daughter Zenelda, and six-year-old twins Johnny and Josephine. "I saw this plane coming. I hollered. 'Mama, duck!' I dived between two cars. There was an awful roar, and then this loud crash. I got up. looked around. Mama wasn't there. I couldn't see the children either, A short time before the accident. Mama said to me. 'Somebody could get killed.' I remember I said, I guess somebody could get killed, Mama.' " Keller...
...patients whose ulcers are still active, there are such conventional horrors as poached eggs and milk toast. But for quiescent ulcers, there is a wide range, from broiled beefsteak, boiled lobster, venison and wild duck to cheesecake and pumpkin pie. Still on the forbidden list (along with strong drinks): pork, nuts, baked beans, clams, corn, cabbage, tomatoes, radishes and cucumbers...
...President did not duck. He told a press conference stubbornly that it was his job, and not a bar association's, to make judicial appointments. He forgot to add that it is also the Senate's job to confirm those appointments. If the Illinois poll goes against him, that in itself will be a sharp blow. Douglas will oppose the Truman men when they come to the Senate and-if Douglas makes a determined fight of it-the Senate will likely reject them. That will be a real nose-bashing for Mr. Truman...