Word: gem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...supply of diamonds, and sees to it that the supply is always less than the demand. As always, war and inflation are now swelling the demand for diamonds, and Sir Ernest's cartel has opened up two idle mines to step up production. The wholesale price of gem diamonds has risen 20% in six months, and U.S. rearmament has sent the price of industrial diamonds (vital for cutting tools) soaring 100% since Korea. Not only capitalists buy diamonds; an "unknown buyer" thought to be the Soviet Union has suddenly started buying all it can in the Belgian markets, presumably...
With Imagination. Big, 37-year-old Dave Garroway, an amateur mechanic, gem cutter, tile-setter, photographer, bird fancier, cabinetmaker and bibliophile, says his scriptless show is planned by "four guys sitting around a table." The other three, all under 35, are Writer Charlie Andrews, an ex-hobo; Producer Ted Mills, an expatriate New Yorker; and Director Bill Hobin, an ex-drummer. The Garroway show's top council, with Burr Tillstrom (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) and Documentary Expert Ben Park, make up the brain trust of the close-knit, argumentative group that has developed the Chicago school. Explains...
After living in the U.S. off & on for almost two decades, Actor Charles Laughton and Actress-Wife Elsa Lanchester became U.S. citizens. Laughton was so impressed by "the sublimity of the beautifully worded oath of allegiance" that he declared he would add "this exquisite gem to my repertoire-indeed I shall...
...relies on his peculiar and by now jaded stylistic quirks for his particular brand of humor. The present volume opens: "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Four shots ripped into my groin, and I was off on the biggest adventure of my life . . ." Chapter 4 consists in full of the following gem: "Mother was reading in the living room when I came into the house. 'Mother! Halloa! I have news!' I cried. Mother looked up from the Racing Form. 'Yeah?' she said. 'I'm in love,' I declared. 'With a girl?' I nodded. "Thank God,' said Mother." A three-star side-splitter...
...scene in which a crucial witness falters under a small gesture from the spectators' rows. Dancer Kelly proves capable in a straight role and gets the support of a good cast. As the frustrated detective who has spent 20 years fighting the gang, Actor Naish polishes off a gem of a scene as he drunkenly celebrates his first victorious skirmish...