Word: nice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end Godfrey was in a more mellow mood. He said he had intended to say a lot of nice things about Julius ("a charming rascal") on the swan-song show, but had only about eleven seconds to do it. But, said Godfrey firmly, he was "more proud of this boy" than of any of the youngsters he had made into stars. On that sweet note, the storm blew over, leaving La Rosa to cash in on a million dollars' worth of publicity and kind Father Godfrey to mull an ancient maxim: a doting parent generally deserves...
...Moon Is Blue. Disapproved by the Legion of Decency and the U.S. Navy, but a nice little comedy all the same (TIME, July...
...quickly filled in the missing portions, like the omitted words in a telegram. A pair of muscular legs and two busy hands easily became a ballerina bending over to put on her tights. Said Colin: "I paint the things I consider essential. To me, women are merely subjects. A nice female breast has no greater artistic value than a ripe tomato, and a woman's torso is not necessarily more beautiful than a well-built guitar...
...along the line there are big risks and small profits. For example, an 800-lb. grass-fed steer that costs the cattleman $160 to raise, and formerly sold at a nice profit, today usually sells for only $128. To get the cattleman's steer ready for market, and possibly make a $25 profit, a feeder must stuff it with corn for three to nine months. But to the packer who buys it weighing 1,100 Ibs. the steer represents only 660 Ibs. of salable meat. Once, such byproducts as the hide, tallow, blood, offal and stomach were very profitable...
...Richardson's friendly neighbors, he has drawn an expert impression of manic, empty geniality. And he wins from Margaret Leighton, as Richardson's wife, a heart-shaking portrayal of what it means to face the curded eye of madness with nothing more than a nice disposition...