Word: mouthfuls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without Warmup. After her first appearance, the housewife was naive enough to thank the producer for his tip. Says she: "He shook his head firmly and put his finger to his mouth." But when the showmen decided that she had won enough, they said to her: "We're going in straight today-no warmup." The other contestant was tipped off and the housewife was beaten. She picked up her prizes and went home happy...
...Israel's own entry: Amos Hacham, 30, a partly paralyzed, barely articulate clerk in Jerusalem's Institute for the Blind, and the orphan son of a Bible scholar; a childhood accident had left Hacham with a dragging leg, a shriveled arm and a sagging mouth. All Israel was rooting for Amos as contest time drew near. Every seat in Jerusalem's Hebrew University amphitheatre (capacity: 2,340) was sold well in advance, 300 policemen handled the crowds, and all over the country radio sets were tuned in. With a blare of trumpets, a swell of voices from...
Composition, Clarity. Short and sun-bronzed, an unlit cigar clenched in the corner of his mouth, Rosy patrols a pitching deck with sure-footed agility that belies his 73 years. He cradles a battered Speed Graphic in his left arm, and from time to time he squints through the range finder, rises on his toes to kill the vibration of the 150-h.p. engine, waits for a wave to lift him and his target simultaneously, then snaps his shutter with a small cable release...
...require. With a fixed wage pattern, companies can plan ahead years in advance, knowing what their labor bill will be; they are able to guarantee delivery without interruptions. Were it not for long-term contracts in the auto industry, for example, countless auto suppliers would live from hand to mouth, not knowing from one day to the next if they could continue operating. The longer contracts thus make for stability...
...screenplay, adapted from his own stage version, tinkles with a profusion of grace notes that, in skillful hands, can often substitute for a full score. The pace, thanks to Vincente Minnelli's direction, is Pall Mall. Comedienne Kendall cocks an eyebrow clear up into her hairline, twists her mouth into something resembling a berserk rubber band, fixes her rival with a saccharine smile that fairly oozes gore. Actor Harrison, whether falling asleep on his feet during the national anthem or grunting amorously to a sofa pillow, still reigns as king of his wacky parlor empire, but an enormously talented...