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Only Morse seems to feel an obligation to act. Since his lines are unspeakable, he mumbles them inaudibly and distracts the customers by giggling, wriggling, itching, twitching, wearing a wig, dancing a jig, and crossing his eyes till he practically looks out of his ears. People who did not see him on Broadway will probably think he is just a somewhat shorter, somewhat quieter Jerry Lewis. People who did will wonder what makes him tic, and wistfully murmur: " Autre temps, autre Morse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Morse Makes the Scene | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

...different plants, RCA got suspicious and notified postal inspectors. Later an engineering placement service sent one of Sherman's resumes to Radiation Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., a firm that Sherman had listed as a "former employer." Radiation officials checked with the federal postal authorities, and Sherman's jig was up. Arrested in Orlando, Sherman pleaded guilty to three counts of using the mails to defraud and now faces a maximum sentence of 15 years. Sighs Sherman: "I'm glad it's all over. It was horrible on the health. Driving 100,000 miles a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Job: The Hot Prospect | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

Pointer puppies cost anywhere from $100 to $500. But there is always a chance that the dog may turn out to be a champion and pay his own way, like Rig-A-Jig, a five-year-old owned by A. L. ("Pon") Lippitt of Virginia Beach, Va. This month, in the National Open Pheasant Competition at Baldwinsville, N.Y., Rig-A-Jig pointed six birds in less than two hours-enough to win him $1,600 and the tenth field-trial victory of his career. With nearly 750 professional field trials in the U.S. each year, many a breeder grows wealthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting: Friends in the Field | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

...jig, spook, member, brother, sister, soul brother, soul sister. Fellow Negro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Beyond Greys | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

...with the U.N. peacekeeping mission, their probity and discipline command the admiration of Africans and Belgians alike. The experience has added a new term of abuse to the Irishman's copious vocabulary of invective: "You bloody Baluba!"* The U.N. Irish have taught many a native to dance a jig. Says a captain from Cork: "Only the Irish and other heathens can appreciate our dahling pipes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland: Lifting the Green Curtain | 7/12/1963 | See Source »

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