Word: exits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...relative merits of Miss La Rose and her competitors, it can be noted that the Howard's premier danseuse this week is a talented young lady in her line. From the moment she pokes her arm seductively from between the velvet curtains to the moment she beats a hasty exit, Miss La Rose has the complete attention of her audience. The assemblage, sprinkled with striped tics and white shoes, proves appreciative...
There are many possible variants of this situation, for professorial temperaments range from the shy and the fast-exit types to the applause-seeking type...
...fast-exit type seems to have learned his exit on the vaudeville stage. He often manages to thrust his notes into his briefcase and back toward the door while still continuing an uninterrupted flow of closing phrases. Some teachers have been known to master this exit so effectively that they succeed in bolting out the door before the class is aware of what is taking place. The students remain seated, pens still poised above their notebooks...
...Softshoe Exit. Produced in Hollywood and kinescoped throughout the country by CBS, Young's first show seemed to have a bit more polish and technical perfection than the mill run of TV comedy programs. Grinning affably, Young, a 29-year-old Scotsman who grew up in Vancouver, B.C., underplayed everything skillfully. In his first scene he painted himself into a corner of a room, then painted a door and doorknob on the wall, turned the knob gingerly and made a softshoe exit...
...Exit Beer. When Prohibition came, President August said: "We'll make shoelaces if we have to, but I'll never close this plant." Anheuser-Busch never had to make shoelaces, but it made "Bevo" (an unfermented, nonalcoholic drink that was supposed to taste like beer), near-beer, ginger ale, Grape Bouquet, root beer, "Kaffo" (a syrup for iced coffee), Busch "Tee," Carcho (a chocolate drink), starch, dextrine, corn products, malt syrup (for home brewing), and even refrigerator truck bodies and ice cream freezing units. In the end, it was yeast that pulled the company through, and today...