Word: knotts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Other members of his executive committee include Walter Knott and Walt Disney, who built amusement empires in Orange County and now dabble in politics. John Wayne and Ray Bolger, looking considerably down-at-the-mouth since "Hondo" and "The Wizard of Oz" respectively, have also taken to the stump...
Frederick Knott, who also wrote Dial M for Murder, has left this plot-boiler perforated with illogic. At one point Lee Remick has located the doll, hidden it beyond likelihood of discovery, and decoyed the thugs out of the apartment. Instead of staying to be tortured or killed, she ought to call the police or flee. Playwright Knott seems to have forgotten that to scare a playgoer out of his senses, one must first satisfy his good sense...
...John Knott, senior resident of Comstock, commented yesterday that this indicates "a trend toward the Harvard system at Radcliffe." She also said that within the next few years it is possible that the other dorms will remain open, at no additional fee, during the spring recess...
Then there were the women. The Russian girls won all ten gold medals, while the U.S. could not even get the minimum 30 points guaranteed for finishing third and fourth in each event. Ohio's Sandra Knott twice fouled her start in the 800-meter run and was disqualified. The same thing happened to California's Rosie Bonds in the 80-meter hurdles. The lone U.S. hurdler left was Indiana's Jo Ann Terry; she tripped over the first hurdle, fell flat on her face-and stayed there...
Spying the same opportunities, other U.S. chains are following Hilton abroad as fast as they can. The second biggest U.S. hotel chain after Hilton, Sheraton Corp., now has seven foreign hostelries; Hotel Corp. of America has five, and Knott Hotels three. But Hilton's biggest U.S. rival overseas is Intercontinental Hotels Corp., a Pan American World Airways subsidiary that has no hotels in the U.S. In the past six years, Intercontinental has added 13 hotels abroad, to bring its total to 19, expects to double that number within four years. Its hotels are generally smaller than Hilton...