Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like Mr. Randolph Churchill, but in the matter of his outburst with John Wingate [March 17], I am all for him. If more people had the guts to stand up to characters like Mike Wallace and Lawrence Spivak, TV interviews might not degenerate into exhibitionism only fit for sadists...
Calypso & Poverty. The 1,600-mile bow of islands joined by the federation would all fit tidily inside Massachusetts. Their total population is about 3,000,000. They are studded with depressing poverty and unemployment, but they are richly individualistic...
...agency, waxing strong as its ads drew notice, went into TV, attracted such clients as CBS, American Export Lines, Gallo wines. But clients are accepted on Bill Bernbach's terms. They are warned in advance that the agency will run the ad account as it sees fit. Says Bernbach: "It's more important for us to know our business than their business. I've seen too many people morally wrecked in this business." Says General Manager Dane: "All three of us live very modestly. We don't have to be afraid of our clients...
...mercantile theory of morals, and Mann's man (Henry Bookholt), faithfully represented on the screen, is intended to embody it. Born in the Rhineland, Felix Krull begins life as the son of a somewhat shady operator who manufactures phony champagne. Deftly dodging the draft with a feigned fit of epilepsy, Felix lights out for Paris to live by his wits. He rehearses them at the border. When a wealthy woman, Mme. Houpflé (Susi Nicoletti), stands next to Felix during customs inspection, her jewel case somehow gets mixed up with his belongings, and he finds himself just...
...coordinated or assembled and never intended for publication in such schematic form or under such a title. Stripping the notes of Elisabeth's gratuitously added chapter headings and subtitles, he lists them as they were written, along with thousands of other jottings that Elisabeth saw fit to omit because they did not suit her distorting purpose...