Word: midgeter
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Indeed, some sense of growth in Andy would give the film a little more resonance than that of a well-made sitcom. It has good gags, and expert performances by Gene Saks as a dyspeptic manager and by Hervé Villechaize as a midget wrestler who refuses to think small. They offer intimations of a picture that might have been memorable instead of merely inoffensive...
...late Frederick Hill Meserve, the editors assemble Brady's portraits of the great (including several haunting shots of a careworn Lincoln), of luminaries from the worlds of politics, literature and the theater, and of such strange creatures as Tom Thumb (an enchanting series documents the famous midget's wedding) and Siamese Twins Chang and Eng. Brady's crystalline landscape shots capture the building of monuments in Washington and New York. The introduction and running commentaries not only chronicle Brady's techniques and career-they also illustrate the rise of photography in America and its growth...
...company's troubles came at a bad time. After a dozen years of research, Sinclair was ready to make his midget television set; initial production costs alone were estimated at close to $6 million. He turned for help to Britain's National Enterprise Board, a government agency that provides investment funds for private companies. To get needed capital, Sinclair agreed to cede control of his company to the NEB until his firm makes enough profit to pay back the agency...
...Midget Deli, a favorite student retreat made famous in "Love Story" as the meeting place for Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw, closed down this summer. It will be replaced by a representative of that well-known chain, Howard Johnson...
Live Lobsters. He had been running ball clubs since the 1930s, building, inventing, promoting, hustling in unpretentious, wholly individualistic ways. He devised a moveable fence in Milwaukee, which helped home-team hitters, and he put fireworks in the Cleveland Scoreboard to salute home-team home runs. He sent a midget to bat in St. Louis, and offered live lobsters as gate prizes to his fans. Critics said he turned baseball into a circus. Replied Veeck: Was there anything wrong with the circus...