Word: hardboiledness
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Under his hardboiled shell Mencken was a kindly man, with a dozen godchildren, and legions of good friends who disagreed with every one of his opinions and prejudices. He had a passion for great literature, classical music and for people (even preachers, politicians and boobs). He liked nothing better than...
Perón followed up by clamping a state of siege on Buenos Aires. According to the hardboiled new regulations, the security forces may use "maximum severity and energy" in dealing with a wide array of political offenses, from trafficking in arms to spreading rumors.
The agreements that may some day set thousands of oilwell pumps to work on the important job of increasing Latin American oil production welled up into news in two countries last week. Argentina was on the verge of signing a pattern-setting exploration and development contract with Standard Oil Co...
Dear Phoebe (Fri. 9:30 p.m., NBCTV) has Peter Lawford pretending to be the editor of an advice-to-the-lovelorn column. Most viewers can take it from there, as the expected foils march onstage in the expected order. There is the fiery girl reporter (Marcia Henderson), who "meets cute...
A Simple Tune. All month long, Leo acts as Ted's and Marian's go-between, carrying the messages which Marian says are business arrangements. Not even Marian's hardboiled, matchmaking mother guesses that the young boy may be the ruin of her snobbish plans. And when...