Word: hooke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...west the alarms and out came the hook and ladder, rescue squad, and police. But there was no fire at the Soc Rel center, only frustration...
...from ringside, where Mama Emelda Griffith and Cousin Bernie led the cheers. "The best, the best, the best!" shouted Bernie, as Griffith buckled Stable's knees with a right cross in the very first round. "Go get him, Champ!" screamed Mama, as he smashed Stable with a left hook in the fourth, and saliva sprayed all across the ring...
...Hook. When the story first broke, the U.S. was inept in its efforts to soften criticism. The White House, for example, seemed more concerned about getting President Johnson off an uncomfortable hook than about producing an explanation. Press Secretary George Reedy took great pains to let it be known that the gas was first sent to South Viet Nam before Johnson became President, which is irrelevant, and that it was used without his knowledge, which is inexcusable...
Claiming that he fell "in the service of the ship," Dailey demanded "wages, maintenance and cure" (full care until maximum recovery). As it happens, Dailey lost-but his seemingly preposterous suit was no surprise in the strange world of admiralty law. Before he got off the hook, Dailey's employer had to fight up to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and prove that the seaman had been AWOL and was a chronic alcoholic to boot...
Somehow, Newley and Ritchard hold the show together. Newley is a perfect clown, a graceful pantomimist whose range is limited but effective, especially when he's staggering under self-pity or belting out self-encouragement. And Ritchard, though there is still too much of Captain Hook in his giggle and leer, matches Newley's pantomime with a mocking, sophisticated farce that at times shines through the hazy book, lyrics, and music...