Word: jawing
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...solid punches right in the kisser. But don't sell the Kid short. He has a heart of gold and a head of lead. When his eyes begin to look like two fried eggs, he'll land a right on his opponent's jaw like a megaton of bricks. Blowie! Another K.O. for Kid Galahad...
...accomplished hypnotist, Betsy Drake put Cary to sleep at various times and caused him to stop smoking and drinking. Together they explored Oriental religions, transcendentalism, mysticism and yoga. Grant claims that through her he learned how to put one side of his jaw to sleep when a dentist happened to be drilling there. For 3½ years they have been intimately estranged, living apart, dating each other frequently, taking trips together. Once at a Broadway show, Gary saw her come in with another man. "There's my wife," he said to his own companion. "Isn't she beautiful...
...glove interrogation of the prisoners; only last spring a Ranger camp had been sacked by the Viet Cong and a number of Ranger wives and children killed. The older boy was pinned to the ground and -as the Rangers call it-"taken for a swim." His jaw was forced open and five gallons of water from a rusty old can gradually poured into his mouth. The youth gagged and screamed, but refused to talk, even when prodded with a rifle butt. The water treatment was more frightening than hurtful; at the end of the day, the still-silent...
...Dropped Jaw. When Brooks heard that No Strings was a musical with a fashion background, he made an appointment with Richard Rodgers. But instead of appearing with a portfolio, he brought four eye-popping models, stationed them outside the door of Rodgers' office. "All of a sudden the door opened, and this impromptu fashion show started," Brooks recalls. "It really took Dick by surprise...
...eyes never left his face, and I could see his jaw drop." Brooks designed Diahann Carroll's clothes in No Strings as exaggerations of his loose, clean-lined trade designs-"not because I believe in exaggeration, but because subtleties don't carry beyond the fifth row." Brooks's designs carried far enough...