Word: mum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only revolutionary the Keiths had to keep tab on was little Georgie Keith, 7. To Mrs. Keith's dismay, he began spouting pidgin English: "Aw, Ma, dey all spik like dat!" "But that's not English you are talking. You must stop." "O.K., Mum. I no talk like dat any more...
Second Day. The Red radio broadcast detailed accounts of the first day's conference, triumphant in tone, while the U.N. kept mum and allied newsmen, barred from Kaesong, had almost nothing to report to the world. Five civilian newsreel and newspaper photographers slipped past the Communist roadblocks on the ground that they were "accredited to the U.S. Army," reported some details of the Communists' highhanded behavior in the Kaesong area. Chinese troops lined the roads, bristling not only with burp guns but also with captured U.S. carbines and British Sten guns...
Field remained steadfastly mum. So did two other fund trustees, the bookkeeper and the chairman, Writer Dashiell (The Maltese Falcon) Hammett. At week's end, Judge Ryan brusquely found Field guilty of contempt of court, ordered him to jail for 90 days or until he decided to talk. Judge Ryan also found Writer Hammett contemptuous, gave him six months...
...resident since 1945, Simenon now lives in Lakeville, Conn, with his French-Canadian wife and two sons, plays a bad accordion and good bridge for relaxation. Mum about a novel and two novelettes in the plotting stage, Simenon says only: "I know I am not great. But I like to write...
Goldenson is keeping mum about future plans,but his deal has some obvious possibilities. He is already installing big-screen TV facilities in 27 Paramount theaters, could tie them in with ABC programs. With his potent bargaining force as the country's biggest exhibitor, he might also break the movie-producing industry's blockade against new films for TV. A likely solution: use TV for "second-run" showings of new pictures after first-run showings at Paramount theaters...