Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made his choice between an escalator and a flight of stairs to the fourth-floor scene of his new honor. Bemusing most of his greeters, Nobelman Schweitzer flew up the stairs, left those who had deferred to his age by taking the escalator to ponder the virtues of fast footwork...
...most in the session's hottest issue, Kennedy is the only one of the Big Four who did not lose heavily. He could balance off whatever union disfavor he incurred against the respect he earned for a man-sized fight against union racketeers. He convinced everyone that his footwork is good, leaving the question of whether he can fight to overcome his biggest political handicap...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian charm, The Music Man, with mid-American corn. and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental flair, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a nifty caper-and the fanciest footwork is Gwen Verdon...
...gangland slaying reminiscent of the St.Valentine's Day Massacre, the disguised Curtis and Lemmon light out for Miami with an all-girl band. As gents of lusty instincts, the proximity to pulchritudinous musicians strains their ambition to remain disguised, but somehow they persevere. Curtis eventually executes some fancy footwork to win Miss Monroe, and despite every effort to avoid it, Lemmon wins Joe E. Brown-in the role of a vacationing millionaire...
...census. Mills cannot risk being gerrymandered out of Congress by a legislature under the segregationist thumb of Governor Orval Faubus. Mills therefore has recently taken a strong segregationist position, this year masterminded the disputed House seating of Little Rock Segregationist Dale Alford, won respect for his political footwork, lost points for the speakership...