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Crusty old Tom Connally, Texas' retired Democratic Senator, celebrated his 76th birthday by shaking his finger at the young scamps in the party: "The Democrats can overdo this business of bragging about their support of President Eisenhower. That sort of thing may be no help in the years to come...
Miss Hayes and Mr. Munshin run the show when they're on. Both are masters of the aside, and both use it to good advantage throughout. Munshin tends to overdo his swagger and his wheeze sometimes, but is otherwise a thoroughly enjoyable character as the leader of a "mob." His two mobsters, played by Everett Chambers and Guy Raymond, are stock caricatures. (Raymond's part, incidentally, is that taken on Broadway by Fred Gwynne '51, who performed on the local scene a couple of years...
Speak up! The acoustics of the Supreme Court Chamber are "wretched." But don't overdo it: "No judge likes to be shouted at as if he were an ox." He warned his audience that the justices constantly ask questions. He also added a note of comfort: "It is clear proof that the inquiring justice is not asleep...
...grown flabby from sedentary life overdo it when he starts exercising? "Most of them," says Dr. Cureton, "quit long before their hearts stop them." At first the middle-aged softy may develop sore muscles because his circulation is sluggish. But provided that he is not ill, the condition disappears as soon as his strengthened heart begins pumping more blood...
Letters have been coming to her from friends and complete strangers, coast to coast: "Please don't overdo before the 22nd"-the date of her return this week in her most famous role, Isolde, in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. "Please take care of yourself so you will be in good voice," wrote another. "We have waited so long, and you must not let us down...