Word: grins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HALF A SIXPENCE, a musical adaptation of H. G. Wells's Kipps, gets its glitter from Tommy Steele, a toothy grin that sings and dances, and is proving to be one of England's more popular exports...
...added with a grin, "I don't pretend to be either illiterate or poor. I've had a lot of jobs that sound folky--but I was just a kid on vacation. I drove a truck for a while, until somebody discovered that I didn't have a license. Once I picked apples for five cents a bushel and all I could eat; I was only five at the time and didn't know any better. I reached the heights though, the summer I worked as a packager in a supermarket, a loyal member of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butchers...
First, the President urged those in the back of the room to speak up if they could not hear. But when a woman correspondent complained, "Sir, we don't hear a word," the President bawled back jocularly, "Good!" Later, with a grin, he admonished the newsmen: "Now won't you all quit writing these stories-'Won't anybody say no to L.B.J.' Because I have more people running around here saying no." The President read prepared statements for nearly half an hour, then set a 20-minute limit on the question-and-answer period...
...eyes that saw, the lips that kissed are gone-Or black as thunder lie and grin at the murdered...
...President of the United States. Celebrating the anniversary of that day this year at his annual birthday luncheon in Kansas City, Mo., Harry smilingly accepted a million-dollar pledge for the Truman Library Institute, where scholars study the history he made. But what really turned on his grin was a visit to Hello, Dolly! the night before. Stepping in front of the curtain, Leading Lady Mary Martin, 51, called out a special "Hello, Harry!" and got the whole audience to join her in singing "Happy Birthday...