Word: grump
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York's Little Italy, Don Vito discovered (somewhat to his own surprise) he was "a man of force." The phrase is recurrent and a key to understanding the qualities that distinguish a true captain of business and industry. Don Vito is the sort of man who would undoubtedly grump at such academic non sequiturs as "political science," since the years have taught him there is no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate one's faults...
...paying off. Circus Circus has drawn an average of 15,000 people a day, including the woman who on opening day broke her leg sliding down a fire pole intended to convey guests from level to level (the pole is no longer in use). Some customers still grump at the amusements. "It's like Disneyland," said a restaurant manager from Covina, Calif. But most are enthusiastic. "It's just like when I was a kid," said Robert Locke, a retired steamfitter from Long Beach, Calif. Said Mrs. Sigmund Schuster, wife of a Cleveland clothier: "For me, it only...
Legislators who grump about "socialistic, if not Communistic, doctrines at the law school" have finally found an excuse for striking out at the new spirit. Three faculty members became involved in an Office of Economic Opportunity legal-services program. When they took on a school-desegregation suit in one Mississippi county and another suit challenging the residency requirements of the state's welfare laws, the mossbacks reacted with a vengeance. The legislature leaned on the state board of higher education, which pressured the university's chancellor, who in turn forced a crackdown by Law Dean Morse. Though...
...Squeak Cheerfulness." Sir Michael, Rachel and Corin are, of course, delighted with the girls' success, but no more than the girls themselves. Each one seems genuinely to hope that the other will win the Oscar, but neither is the sort to grump for long if someone else gets it.* For one thing, they keep too busy to think about prizes and such. In Manhattan, Lynn gets a thorough workout eight times a week in Black Comedy. Her role calls for some adroit tricks, since the action takes place in a house where the light fuse has blown...
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