Word: nothin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Admirers of Pearl Bailey will not be surprised to hear that she stops the show with two of Morton Gould's tunes, "Nothin' for Nothin'" and "There Must Be Something Better Than Love." She talks, moves, sings, and dances as if she were perpetually tipsy. It's always a pleasure to watch her perform, because she makes even commonplace material come alive...
...Peter Johnson Jr. of Harvard ($500) dived into unproductive mathematics. Third Prizewinner: John C. Cook of Pennsylvania State College ($250). But Babson is not downhearted. He remembers the last time he talked with Thomas Alva Edison, who died in 1931. Said Edison: "Babson, remember you don't know nothin' about nothin'. You've got to find something that insulates from gravity. I think it's coming about from some alloy." There are plenty of alloys...