Word: muscularity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ventriloquist, Winchell is beginning his sixth TV season by filling his half-hour show (Sun. 7 p.m. E.S.T., NBC) to the brim with Paul Winchell, master of ceremonies, man of many voices, dramatic actor, singer, dancer and soap salesman (Cheer and Camay). By such breathless activity, Winchell, a muscular, 29-year-old New Yorker, hopes to escape an occupational hazard of ventriloquism: becoming incidental to his "doll" in the public mind...
Director Henry Koster and Scriptwriter Philip Dunne have made a real effort to avoid the pitfalls of Biblical movies by balancing the saintly preaching of Dean Jagger (as Justus) and Michael Rennie (as Peter) with the muscular Christianity of Burton and Mature. There is a minimum of the sex and sadism that usually characterize Hollywood's explorations of Holy Writ. The CinemaScope screen is handsomely utilized for swordplay, torture chambers and a thundering chase sequence as well as for dramatic shots of the Way of the Cross and Christ's entrance into Jerusalem the week before the Crucifixion...
...creative talent seems to decline after 40 Dr. Lehman does not know. No doubt, he says, there are many contributing causes-a decline in physical vigor; impairment of hearing, vision, and muscular coordination; more concern with practical problems of making a living, instead of reaching for the stars. Dr. Lehman, at any rate, is an exception to his rule. He rates Age and Achievement as his own greatest achievement...
Eisenhower's strong right arm for the coming big squeeze is Budget Director Joseph Dodge. Last week the Wall Street Journal got hold of Dodge's confidential "statement of assumptions" regarding the 1955 budget. Some of Dodge's muscular recommendations...
...President was not always successful in his courtship. His lieutenants were using more muscular forms of persuasion (e.g., telephoned hints that the White House will back only those who back the White House) to get reluctant Congressmen in line...