Word: ferring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Playing chemin de fer, U.S. Businessman Cliff Robertson gets the inside straight from Maurice Evans, the chief steward of a casino royale in "The Game." Filling out the green baize table are Dina Merrill and Nehemiah Persoff. Repeat...
...embroiled in political maneuvering is less than the best ally. Moreover, fully 50% of the army's officers are Catholic, and already the Catholics are restive over Ky's concessions to the Buddhists. If, in their drive for elections, the Buddhists gain too much favor or show too much fer vor, the Catholics could well come out fighting into the streets on their...
...individuals feel rich enough to play against the whole table). The clubs, instead of taking a cut of winnings, charge membership fees that range from $1.40 to $115 (depending on how "exclusive" the club), and playing fees collected before a game begins. A single "shoe" at Chemin de Fer or Baccarat, for instance, costs a player from $1.40 on up to the whopping $1,680 charged for one high-stake game at Aspinall...
...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Maurice Evans plays the chief steward in a Deauville gambling casino, who tries to tutor an American businessman (Cliff Robertson) in the technique of winning at chemin de fer...
Privately, Miller rides a Honda, drives a Lincoln Continental, and bites his nails; publicly, he comes on like an abashed pixie. And the lulled listener may miss the humor in a sound like "good ain't fer ever and bad ain't fer good." Playing tricks with words is his lyrical delight: "The moon is high and so am I / The stars are out, and so will I be-pretty soon. / But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone." That sounds like pretty fluid stuff, particularly the way his pronounced but easily...