Word: flicks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tick off her troubles, the contestant was obviously teetering on the brink of a good cry. She barely had time to tell how she had raised her three teen-age boys all by herself when Master of Ceremonies Jack Bailey shoved her over the edge with a deft flick of folksiness. "Why," he chirped with chipmunk cheeriness. "you don't look much over...
till-now look lean forward expectantly. Dumpy ladies in basic black sit corset-upright and clutch stout, thick purses; the men from Seventh Avenue flick at their silver-white ties, exchanging grunted comments. The babble quickly hushes as the first model appears, and upon each face falls a stolid mask of calculated indifference, for any flicker will betray the spectator's interest to watching competitors...
Well now, those of us who possess some degree of mental health (excluding those with excessive work compulsions) probably didn't flick out every night of exam period and therefore might well have missedThe Teahouse of the August Moon the first time around. It is worth seeing now and not only for the Japanese music and U.T. prices...
...villain of Doubting Thomas is called simply The Agency, a coldly indifferent organization with life-and-death powers over the people. Directed by the Supervisor, its countless computers are crammed with data that can be fused into terrible, final judgments by the flick of a switch. And The Agency is never wrong. Thomas of the title is a district agent of The Agency, hated by the people of his district, and returning each night to a termagant wife and a supercilious daughter. But for two days every year Thomas is transformed into that classic figure of irreverence, a clown...
...intensity to hushed delicacy. Callas' singing always seems to have a surprise in reserve. With the apparently infinite variety of her vocal inflections, she can keep the listener's ear constantly on edge for a twist of an emotional phrase, constantly delighted by a new and unexpected flick of vocal excitement...