Word: longingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...familiar figure to Washingtonians. An accomplished woodworker, he has designed the sets for most recent Gridiron Club shows. A ringer for Neville Chamberlain, he impersonated the British Prime Minister in the last Gridiron show with no make-up except an umbrella. Last week Jim Preston's long and honorable career reached an appropriate climax. He accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood as technical adviser on Director Frank Capra's forthcoming Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
First part of an airplane to ice up in heavy weather is its windshield. It usually becomes opaque as a bathroom window long before wings and propeller begin to take on ice. Standard flying-field crack to pilots complaining about this phenomenon is "Get yourself a windshield wiper." Last week this ironic wheeze became reasonable advice...
Without, some 200,000 people packed St. Peter's Square, eager to see a Pope crowned in public for the first time since 1846 (before the Popes became "prisoners" in the Vatican). The people waited patiently while, within, Pius XII went through long rituals. At last the Pontiff appeared on St. Peter's balcony. The great moment arrived. Cardinal Deacon Caccia-Dominioni chanted "Accipe tiaram" (Receive the tiara). The crowd below saw the Cardinal lift the gem-studded, beehive-shaped triple crown of the papacy and place it on the head of its wearer. Then the multitude dropped...
Advantages claimed for this are prevention of moisture losses (hence weight losses), prevention of "freezer burns," long periods of storage for quick-frozen foods at higher (hence cheaper) temperatures. For its product Dewey and Almy has chosen the name "Cryovac," which means cold and empty...
Judith Anderson's fine portrayal of Mary adds another name to the season's long honor roll of acting. Not in years has Broadway showered so many actors with superlatives and exclamation points. Not only have rockets flared for such proven performers as Judith Anderson, Raymond Massey, Maurice Evans; such expert musicomedians as Beatrice Lillie, Victor Moore, Ethel Merman. Rockets have also flared in more unexpected places: For new stars on Broadway: Helen Claire in Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Robert Morley in Oscar Wilde. For a musicomedian who became overnight a magnificent dramatic actress: Ethel Waters...