Word: mortised
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Weedy, bucktoothed, wild-eyed Baron von Ripper, who gave Poetess Rukeyser the idea for her poem, had worked at his book with the zeal of a medieval monk. A Catholic socialist who had spent months in Nazi concentration camps, von Ripper knew persecution at first hand. He filled his book...
This time Lon Chancy Jr. (in his first big role) is hulking, dim-witted Lennie, who looks like a moronic Mr. Deeds, has a well-meant, heavy-handed way of stroking puppies, mice and young women into rigor mortis. Actor Burgess Meredith is George, Lennie's somewhat brighter brain...
For examples, let's take two records by one band and see which is what and why. About a year and a half ago, Gene Krupa's band made a record called "I Know That You Know" (Brunswick). It was the first record they made, and as a matter of...
Adults who have been struck by lightning (see p. 18), overcome by carbon monoxide, shocked by an electric current, or submerged under water as long as half an hour, can often be "brought to life" again. Essential treatment is immediate and continuous artificial respiration. This month's issue of...
Wrote Planter Plunkett: "The accompanying pictures tell the story of what happened, and I need only mention what steps we took to see that there were no illusions. . . . We . . . photographed every position of the performer and from every angle. . . . I held a long stick, and from outside the circle passed...