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...players from the center of the hall. "A quiet crowd," he says, his mouth twisting. "I'll get 'em riled up in a little bit." Mr. Bingo is a master at "riling up" a crowd, and has been ever since he took over a bingo parlor for the Otoe- Missouria Indian tribe near Red Rock, Okla., five years ago. At the time he was a marketing analyst with a three-piece suit and a little money to invest. A few years later, Steve took his "foolishness" to Big Cypress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...under the aegis of the Y. M. C. A. Adelaide Hall, a veteran of Blackbirds, is one of the noncombatants. Her singing and dancing is on a par with the entertainment furnished in a good many Harlem resorts. There are only two tunes, "In Missouria" and "Give Me AMan Like That,"which audiences could leave the theatre whistling. But small, dapper Bill Robinson's peerless hoofing and broad smile are worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 20, 1930 | 10/20/1930 | See Source »

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