Word: nice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reel Three: Coleman's political opponents were already making hay out of his FBI call, and the Wilkins statement was material for their hayrakes. "Wilkins gave Coleman a nice bouquet of roses wrapped in gold foil," cried State Democratic Chairman Bidwell Adam, charging that Coleman wanted "to sew up the 25,000 Negro votes." Barred by law from another term, Coleman is backing Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin. But in the aftermath of the Parker case, amid strong rumors that the FBI would have the killers this week, Coleman's support of Gartin was less than an asset. Said...
...Mating Game (MGM) is a busy B that crudely tramples among The Darling Buds of May, a riotously ribald novel by Britain's H. E. Bates (TIME, May 26, 1958), and reduces it to a nice, safe, bring-the-whole-family outing in the postcard pastures of Maryland...
...Nice Blend. At week's end, Johnson could rate his Northern foray a success. Massachusetts, of course, is Jack Kennedy's for as long as Kennedy wants it. Key-state Pennsylvania (more than 70 votes) is for whomever Dave Lawrence and Philadelphia Boss William Green want, and they are for the time being glad-handing everybody. But if Democrats eventually called for a compromise candidate, Lyndon had proved two points: 1) he was available, and 2) in the dark and true and tender North the middle-roading Texas swallow blended with the foliage very nicely...
...Philadelphia's Philco Corp., leafed through his weather reports last week and broke out a sunny smile. "It hit 90° in Indianapolis, 91° in Chicago, 92° in Cleveland, 93° in Knoxville, and even higher in the Deep South," he exulted. "If only this nice hot, humid weather continues, we'll really sell air conditioners this year...
...Pretty Roslyn Rensch, harpist ("a program of rare charm and beauty for discriminating audiences"), strummed out Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms and Around the World in 80 Days. She was fine until she ran into some trouble on about the 76th day, but her pluck won nice applause...