Word: lick
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...Think you can lick it? Get to the wicket, buy you a ticket, Go. N.Y., N.Y. What they call a Somethin' Else town. A city so nice they had to name it twice ..." Jon Hendricks wrote. Millions have come to New York thinking they can lick it. Some achieve stardom, others amass fabulous wealth. But almighty few leave with the feeling they've licked...
...Canada for this season's footage, and 12,000 ft. of film are required for every 1,000-ft. program: "An animal does not usually do the same thing twice," explains Meier. "You can't say to your actor, 'O.K., today you walk up and lick the stump...
...film, and Du Pont will sell it initially to industry for use in making mats and plates for printing, and for reproducing engineering drawings. But the company does not rule out the creation of a huge market among amateur photographers. Says Research Chemist Dean R. White: "If we can lick the speed problem, we will be able to treat a paper base with this emulsion and produce a direct print on paper. Then we would be competitive with Polaroid...
...both Ford and Chrysler plants, the union's committeemen are paid full wages by the company, yet never do a lick of factory work, spend all their time handling union business. G.M. requires the 1,796 committeemen in its plants-at least one for every 250 workers-to work part time at their regular jobs, leaving most of them only 15 hours a week free for union business. G.M.'s committeemen, powerful in the union, have long resented being treated differently from their counterparts at Ford and Chrysler and have stirred up workers' resentment against G.M. Even...
...said the New York Daily News, warming up its editorial columns for the long debate that leads to November. "But one thing seems at least 99% certain: that it is going to be our most exciting and fiercely fought presidential battle in decades. Excuse us a moment while we lick our chops." Early Rash. The News might well have added that much of the excitement and ferocity has been supplied by the press. Rarely in a presidential year have so many newspapers betrayed such impatient eagerness to referee the cam paign - or to influence its outcome. The Chicago Tribune declared...