Word: lilted
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Last week, a judiciary subcommittee of the House of Representatives unanimously voted to recommend that the words "under God" be inserted after the words "one nation," and Congress will probably make the new wording law during the present session. The old lilt of 1892 was no longer, but the boys and girls who repeat the pledge each morning will be reminded-says the revision's sponsor, Michigan Democrat Louis C. Rabaut-that "democratic . . . institutions presuppose a Supreme Being...
...Dance Concert (Jerry Fielding Orchestra; Trend LP). A fine, fresh-sounding band from the West Coast gives a new lilt to such oldies as When I Grow Too Old to Dream...
...English Channel with the encouragement of a French champagne salesman (Fernando Lamas), who helpfully dives into the water from his yacht and paces her in the last lap. There are some blithe tunes by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer, and the whole thing has been briskly staged by Charles (Lilt) Walters. Best sequence: an underwater dream ballet, in which Esther capers among the coral with Tom and Jerry, the animated-cartoon cat and mouse...
...Charter. He spoke with the neat, oratorical pace and lilt that carried his audience nostalgically back to mid-October. He reeled off jest after well-phrased jest, spoofing the Republicans ("To the victor belongs the toil") and spoofing his own party. ("We Democrats are in a mood to love everybody. And, of course, we would be delighted if a few million more people would love us.") He also defined a commendable charter for a Democratic minority party...
...Happy Day, written by a lanky (6 ft. 1 in.), 17-year-old Cleveland high-school junior named Don Howard (full name: Donald Howard Kaplow), is a rudimentary little piece. To the accompaniment of his own guitar, Donnie himself moos his happy tune with the hoarse lilt of a fogbound ferry whistle. Sample chorus...