Word: misse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which he certainly did not aspire and felt uncomfortable with. He did, however, try to make a lasting contribution to the world of comedy. The laughter and warmth that will always accompany his films bear witness to his greatness. A world that sorely needs to laugh will surely miss...
...little genius and a lot of banality compose The World's Greatest Lover, and Wilder is responsible for both. As a writer, director and actor he exhibits a wide range of abilities and sensibilities. Unfortunately, his humor has a hit-or-miss quality to it, and he does not always amuse the viewers. Instead of marveling at how much Wilder can do, one leaves the movie speculating how good it might have been had Wilder not tried so hard...
...really miss the Harvard program," Sanders added...
Rogers, who was born in Hattiesburg, Miss., began as a $40-a-week runner, handling practically every job before he became art director at the Trahey Advertising Agency. He bought the Trahey firm in 1974, renamed it Peter Rogers Associates, and has since increased billings by 300%. But he intends to stay small. Says he: "We make just as much money, and still have control over the work...
Murray's granddaughter, K.M. Elisabeth Murray, has written a biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself-grace, humor, intelligence, curiosity and scholarship. Aside from personal difficulties, writes Miss Murray, James faced thousands of odd problems. He found a special class of "ghost words," misspelled or ill-defined items that had been admitted to some previous dictionary, thus undergoing an illegitimate birth. He worried over a word like condum (sic), later judged "too utterly obscene" for inclusion...