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...street hip, and being skinny with black moustache, owes more than just a nod to Groucho in his delivery. Vincent DiBenedetto, Marc Johnson and Philip Murray take their bit parts (they sing triple as Lycus's eunuchs, slaves and the soldiers of Miles Gloriosus) and polish them until they gleem...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: That's entertainment | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

...smallest prop manipulations. The general staging was no help. The two principals played against fuzzy, torn transparencies in a ramshackle slatboard set that was simply disgraceful, and moved underneath two ugly purple-specked quadrangles that had absolutely no function. An engaging jazz trio that sang mocking platitudes with Gleem-bright smiles was a lonely ray of grace amid the general desolation...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Trouble in Tahiti and L'Histoire du Soldat | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...pushing its products (v. G.M.'s 1%). Procter & Gamble lays out a hefty $20 million per year to promote Tide, and Tide has captured 17% of the lucrative heavy detergent market. P. & G.'s Crest ($16 million for advertising) accounts for almost 33% of all toothpaste sales, Gleem for another 17%. Ivory Liquid ($8,500,000) has cleaned up 18% of all liquid detergent sales, Joy and Thrill another 12% and 8% respectively. Duncan Mines cake mix has 27% of the ready-mix cake market. Introduced only last fall, Head & Shoulders already accounts for 23% of all shampoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Business: Bringing Home the Duck | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

...There is a lot to learn in Washington about cannibals," he informed a big audience packed with Congressmen, Senators and blue-ribbon aviation-industry executives, "but I don't intend to be chewed . . . I don't intend to get caught in Washington like the girl with the Gleem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Bird Watcher | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...portrayed by Actor O'Brian, 31, onetime Marine drill instructor, Wyatt Earp now rides herd on the youngsters, makes them eat their cereal (Cheerios) and brush their teeth (with Gleem). His impeccable dress-frock coat, striped pants, silk vest, black sombrero-is a good example for the junior blue-jeans set ("Mothers love me"). Western buffs approve of his resemblance to the real Earp (though he omits the handlebar mustache) and his ability to handle such firearms as Earp's long-barreled Buntline Special with authentic eélan-he is perhaps the only regular Western type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: High in the Saddle | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

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