Word: nice
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...guide has thrown away his map. In the book's two unconnected episodes, he conducts a ramble through the thoughts of two 16-year-old boys who have nothing in common but an unrequited appetite for human contact. "Platzo" is the fantasy name that Arthur Turbitzky, a nice, repressed Jewish boy, bestows on himself, explaining to the reader "Platz means place in Jewish and German. It also means to burst." "The Mexican Pony Rider" is also a pseudonym; behind it, an unnamed juvenile delinquent prowls Manhattan, fancying himself a blend of pony-express rider ("Nothing bugged them") and Marlon...
...bout that? Must have been 25 years since that nice Allen boy went away to broadcast baseball in New York, and since the folks down South aren't exactly Yankee lovers, they didn't hear much of his renowned play-by-play. Now Mel Allen, 52, has a little something against those damyankees himself. They fired him. Well, maybe it's all for the best, because the Mellow tones will ring out over his native clay this season. He has signed on to broadcast the Atlanta end of radio and TV coverage for the National League...
...York, 500 in Chicago, 350 in Los Angeles, 230 in Detroit, 220 in Washington, 150 in both St. Louis and San Francisco, 100 in Kansas City, under 100 in each of 70 other cities, including Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis and Jacksonville. Still, it is a nice racket for Elijah, son of a Georgia sharecropper. He socks each member for $8.30 in dues a week, requires each to sell (or pay for) as many as 200 copies of the 200 Muslim newspaper every two weeks, saddles everybody with an additional $125 assessment for Savior...
...star in his first film, Moreau had 20 forgettable films behind her. "Nine years of bad films-it was a cinematic adolescence," she says. "I never felt at ease on the screen because I was aware that I was far from beautiful. People who wanted to be nice about my looks would say, 'You remind me so much of Bette Davis.' Very nice, except I can't stand Bette Davis...
...picture was shown Sunday without picketing, and an attendant at the Brattle's box office said that last night's demonstration had not affected sales. "The pickets are a very nice group," he added, "and very orderly. They're nicer than a lot of our customers...