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GEORGY GIRL. In an ordinary British comedy, Lynn Redgrave (daughter of Sir Michael, sister of Vanessa) displays extraordinary zest as an overweight, forlorn young creature who dreams only of romance and motherhood. Instead, she finds the path to matrimony an obstacle course of tragicomic misadventures, middle-aged satyrs, and a modish menage a trois...
Georgy Girl spells out the tragicomic misadventures of another forlorn young creature whose dealings with men often take a businesslike turn for the worse. She is only a butler's daughter, but James Mason, as master of the house, has a handsome proposition for her. "I want you to be my mistress," he says, as he hands her a written contract spelling out magnanimous terms. Squinting at the fine print, Georgy wonders aloud: "Will we have to have shareholders and things...
What Perry always had was sizzling speed, the kind that gave him five no-hitters as a high school ace back home in Williamston, N.C. In 1958, the Giants shelled out $60,000 just to get him on the roster, but for a while it seemed a forlorn investment. His fastball was wild, and when he tried to develop a slider (or fast curve) it was too slow. It took eight years and several elevator rides to the minors before Perry learned to improve his control, to keep the ball low and to give himself another effective pitch. This spring...
...typical victim reveals the disorder on the very first day of his life. This baby stares at the world with a fixed, forlorn expression; he is devoid of reflexes; he cannot coordinate sucking and swallowing. Later he may seem to cry-but without tears. He will never revel in the joys of candy; he cannot taste the difference between sweet and sour. When he burns himself, he may not even feel the pain. He is a victim of dysautonomia-an inherited malfunction of the nervous system...
...Senator," said the forlorn constituent calling on Montana's Mike Mans field at the majority leader's Washington office, "I've never been East before, never spoken to a Congressman, and can't afford this trip. So you can appreciate that I've got a serious complaint...