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Bouncing Message. The wind carried the balloons at 30 m.p.h. high over a line of low, dark hills on the horizon, where lay the Czech border. At 30,000 feet, the rubber balloons exploded, releasing thousands of leaflets. Another type of balloon, pillow-shaped, of glistening, translucent polyethylene, slowly oozed hydrogen through the plastic pores and sank to earth; it would give a ghostly effect as it bounced along the ground over hedges or lodged against walls and trees. On it, in five-inch letters, was printed the single word svoboda (Czech for "freedom"). Inside were more leaflets...
...song, it's in; if not, he may edit or recommend. Next step for Miller: find the right singer to sing it. Says he: "Every singer has certain sounds he makes better than others. Frankie Laine is sweat and hard words-he's a guy beating the pillow, a purveyor of basic emotions. Guy Mitchell is better with happy-go-lucky songs; he's a virile young singer, gives people a vicarious lift. Clooney is a barrelhouse dame, a hillbilly at heart...
...maestro's Mozart, which he directed from a pillow-padded armchair, was sometimes hampered by lack of rehearsal and by lack of a disciplined first-rate orchestra, but at its best it showed the same deep understanding and respect for the composer's intentions as does Casals' Bach...
...Toast of New Orleans, and again in his latest picture. "I gained weight on purpose during those pictures," insists Lanza, who is sensitive on the subject. "I wanted to look like Caruso, didn't I? What do they want to have to do-put a pillow in my middle...
Getting her down the mountain next day was a business. A rider tried to carry her on a pillow but his arms went numb with the strain. So the rest of the way they carried her on the stretcher. They stopped twice to give her more plasma and sedatives...