Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scheduled to goof. And at least three times before he eventually lost as requested, he wrote himself registered letters spelling out his questions and answers in advance of his appearance on the show. Turned over to the district attorney last week, those letters, says Snodgrass, will prove to a grand jury that he and someone on Twenty One were involved in a fix. "Surprised" by Artist Snodgrass' testimony. NBC officials faced up to the fact that the quiz scandal has not died and promised "to launch a prompt and thorough investigation of the charges...
...Venice grand prize went to an Italian cartoon commercial, "All Over the World"-a wild melange of cloaked Parisian policemen, covered wagons in the American West, a sexy Brazilian samba dancer, remorseless Russians firing a dog-filled Sputnik into space, and finally Italy, emerging in a burst of sun and sea. Sponsor: "Stock" Brandy...
Striving to persuade housewives to do more home baking, the Pillsbury Co. has given away more than $1,000,000 in baking-contest prizes, many of them for gooey concoctions that would dull even the sweet tooth of a teenager. Last week, in a pleasant change of menu, the grand prize in Pillsbury's annual national baking contest, held in the ballroom of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, was awarded for a scarcely disguised variation on one of the simplest of all desserts, apple dumplings. The winner, whose spicy apple twists* triumphed over such dishes as golden empire torte...
...best stay away from this one, for they will not enjoy seeing Bogie in so dismal an undertaking. The fault, to be sure, is not his; he is in good form, and gets in some good gunplay, first-rate pistol-whipping, and concludes with a chase in the grand manner through the California mountains...
With North holding the trump suit and South the high-card strength, few partnerships would manage to arrive at a grand slam on this deal. The Irish partners playing the identical hands at the other table stopped at six hearts. With two biddable suits and rosy game prospects, Goren opened one club to give Sobel a chance to reply at the one level in case she held a weak hand. His second-round jump, displaying a good spade suit and extra high-card strength, committed the partnership to game, so Sobel could afford to say three hearts (rather than jump...