Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week the Walking Man had broken some sort of record by passing up Miss Hush and strolling into his tenth week on Ralph Edwards' Truth or Consequences (Sat. 8:30 p.m., NBC). The prizes had piled up to $22,500 worth of Cadillacs, home-freeze units, trips to Sun Valley. The American Heart Association was wallowing in contributions from would-be contestants (last week they topped a million dollars), and the mail was terrific: 114,000 letters in one day last week...
Edwards, who thought up all the clues himself, couldn't understand why everybody missed "such easy hints." He explained: "The original contest was started as a satire, to end all giveaways." But the skyrocketing Hooperatings of Mrs. Hush (Clara Bow) and Miss Hush (Martha Graham) changed his thinking. After the Walking Man, he might try a "Walking Lady, a Baby Hush, or a Burping Baby." The only trouble is "those other quiz shows that glommed on to the idea." If the rivals don't stop, they may spoil the whole thing...
...move also-and the biggest crowd that had ever squeezed into Hialeah Park (34,394 people) let out a roar. Max's binoculars trembled as he watched five horses (Armed and Assault among them) charge into the stretch fighting for the lead. A few moments later a startled hush settled down over 34,394 people...
...years ago, amid expressions of high hope that reverberated through the clerical hush of London's Church House, the U.N. Security Council met for the first time. Last week, as it met for the 229th time, the anniversary passed unheralded. Said Russian Assistant, Secretary-General Arkady Sobolev: "This is hardly an auspicious time for a birthday celebration...
Fireworks in Heaven. Such pageants usually began with street processions leading to the churches and cathedrals where the plays were performed. When all were inside, and waiting in one vast hush for the wonders to begin, God the Father would suddenly appear above them, on an airy platform surrounded by choirs of angels, flowers and revolving wheels of fireworks whose sparks, floating upwards like distant suns among the vaulted shadows, more than once ignited, the roof...