Word: fillip
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...Goldenrod's mooring by the cobblestoned levee and paid 75? a head to sass the actors in his hokum-logged version of Hamlet. Last week, on his way home from a lecture tour, Bryant tarried in St. Louis for five days to give the classic a fillip: his own appearance in the double role of Polonius and the First Gravedigger...
Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole (Isaac Stern, violin; Alexander Zakin, piano; Columbia, 3 sides). The six parts of this suite were originally written for voice and piano; in this transcription, Violinist Stern catches every flicker of flame arid fillip of flavor. Falla at his Spanish best. Recording: excellent...
...from points as distant as Bethlehem, Pa.) queue up at the former fight arena with their families and their lunches, eager to pay admissions from $1.20 to $2 to see their favorites in three-a-day vaudeville shows. The magician who sawed the lady in half was merely a fillip to the Latin taste; the big draws are such stars of Mexico and South America as Cinemactors Jorge Negrete and Pedro Armendariz and Singer Libertad Lamarque...
...heavily on its "revolutionary" Dynaflow automatic transmission, which has eliminated the manual shift for normal driving. This year Dynaflow is standard on Buick's big 155-h.p. Roadmaster, extra ($200) on the 120-h.p. Super. Buick's circular "venti-ports" on its front fenders, partly a styling fillip and partly for engine cooling, have already earned the Super the nickname the "three-holer" and the Roadmaster the "four-holer...
...Committee of Labor Executives for the Re-election of Truman. George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks declared that all "but two or three" presidents of A.F.L. internationals would join.* This week, the C.I.O. executive board threw its full weight to the Democratic ticket. As an added fillip, the A.D.A., which had done its best to displace the President at Philadelphia, pledged him its support. Harry Truman had cause to be heartened. At week's end, tanned and refreshed, he returned to Washington, ready to head for Detroit and the beginning of the campaign...