Word: handly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...times before received promises from Communism and seen them broken without the blinking of an eye. This time, if the Soviet leader really meant what he said, it appeared that at least some few forward steps had been taken toward creating a peaceful atmosphere. But if, on the other hand, all the talk was just more Communist bunkum, then in terms of world hopes raised and dashed, the Khrushchev trip could only be a fiasco. In either case, it was certainly not yet time for the free world to relax its guard...
...bucket of treacle. It happened last week. The scene: a sports banquet at Manhattan's Hotel Astor. When M.C. Ralph ("Happy") Edwards advanced on Correspondent and World Traveler Lowell Thomas with the familiar, savagely cheerful cry ("This is your life"), Thomas simply refused to play. An old hand at radio and TV himself, Thomas had guessed (like many subjects nowadays) that he had been chosen for the honor of having his life re-created as a half-hour soap opera. Thomas snarled: "I think this is a sinister conspiracy." Edwards dissolved into a nervous giggle from which neither...
...live. Oster found not one, but two old women waiting for him on the front porch of a house that had a statue of the Virgin in the front yard and an oil well in the back. Neither of the old girls could sing a note. On the other hand, Oster has found that many a performer can be coaxed to song with a little priming. In French and Cajun settlements, he tries to build his listeners' confidence by singing a few songs himself or posing some leading question about money and drink, life or death. He gets surprising...
Baskin is represented with only one print, a powerful woodcut entitled Death of a Laureate. A hideous, paunchy Caesar seems to gore himself with his own hand. The intricate details that contrast so effectively with the forceful large areas of pure black testify once more to the skill of this master craftsman of American art. More of his work should have been exhibited...
...stood there with a fat cigar in his mouth he was almost as surprised as I. I put out my hand, which he shook firmly, and I told him that he looked more tired than when I saw him at Harvard, which may or may not have been true, but which gained his attention for the moment. He admitted to keeping late hours since his American tour in April...