Word: make
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After reading your Aug. 24 account of the Turkish brutalities inflicted upon U.S. Army Sergeants Dale McCuistion and James D. King at Izmir, Turkey, I feel that we should make the Turkish government feel grateful for saving them from Communist occupation and domination through our military installations in Turkey. We should act with the knowledge that Turkey is intrinsically a bad bargain for us as our ally, despite the $2 billion we have already given to them...
...Enshrining once again a White House press corps ditty, Ike's Millionaires, which goes: We make the Stock Exchange our hangout...
...Angeles Lawyer Alphonse Matthews, a self-styled beatnik named Eric ("Big Daddy") Nord turned the joint into a coffeehouse. By midsummer, "the Gas House" was in full swing, and the beats pushed in to make the scene, as they say. A jukebox blared the beatniks' Three Bs: Bach, Bartok and "Bird" (Cool Saxophonist Charlie Parker). Bongo drums pounded out broken rhythms from early afternoon to early morning. Folk singers plunked guitars. Far-out paintings dripped from the walls. Ancient, rump-ruptured couches, rescued from the city dump, decorated the floor, and in the center of the room stood...
Porgy and Bess. Sam Goldwyn's $7,000,000 attempt to make a cinematic success of the Gershwin folk opera, with Pearl Bailey and Sammy Davis Jr. doing their best to relieve the monotony...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian delight, The Music Man, with mid-America homeyness, and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental charm, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a pretty figure-and the best of it is Gwen Verdon...