Word: perching
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...From her perch on the edge of a bathtub, red-haired Denise Delfau swung her pretty legs and contentedly scribbled in a notebook. It was all quite jolly, except for the water that occasionally splashed on to her clothes when the naked, groaning creature in the tub thrashed in agony. And it kept Denise near her lover, a highly unrefined German named Friedrich Berger. For Friedrich, Denise performed the task of inscribing the confessions of French Resistance fighters who had fallen into the clutches of the Gestapo of Rue de la Pompe...
...picture opens in Africa, where toughly sentimental Gregory Peck lies dying of gangrene. While vultures perch hungrily on a nearby tree, Peck trades cynical dialogue with his wealthy wife (Susan Hay ward) and relives some of the juicier parts of his Casanova past. The lovelorn trail begins with Teen-Ager Helene Stanley, who was jilted by Peck in consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto...
Every now & then Levine descends from his propaganda perch to paint a frankly personal picture. Only slightly larger than the reproduction opposite, King Saul carries no message except its touch of pathos. It is the latest of a series of Israelite kings which Levine began as a tribute to his father. The painting served as a relaxation from Levine's big, grim canvases, took years of off & on "fiddling" to finish...
...least, was unique: Republican dowagers have been refreshing their souls ever since by putting on the records, leaning back with smiles of dreamy malice, and listening to Mrs. Roosevelt and the wild, shrill piccolos, excitedly warning a little bird that the cat is creeping ("Look out!") toward its perch. Mrs. Roosevelt is content to know that her grandchildren enjoyed her performance immensely...
Four days ago, we might have believed that the persons who made off with the sacred symbol of the 'Poon--the Ibis, affectionately known as Thresky--had not known what they were about. We might have believed that the venerated old bird, blown down from his perch atop the Lampoon building, had been carried off by children or others without malicious intent...