Word: plumber
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...captious German movie critic once called her "die Oelige Ziege" (oily goat) because of the slippery way she slid around mountain peaks in her movies. But to Dictator Adolf Hitler, sinuous suntanned Leni Riefenstahl, the daughter of a Berlin plumber, seemed the perfect female embodiment of Aryan strength through joy. Under Adolf's patronage, Actress-Producer Leni became the reigning queen of German moviedom. Given the job of filming the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Leni produced a picture as artful as it was artistic. It took top critical honors at Italy's International Film Festival...
...Paso, Plumber Bruce Steele, 72, got married for the 17th time, explained: "Can I help it if I appeal to women...
What should an architect try to do, anyway? Said Lancaster: "The role of the architect lies between that of the plumber and the sculptor, but seldom midway. If, like the majority of 19th Century architects, he is an esthetic snob, he will get as close to the sculptor as he can. If, like most contemporary artists, he is an inverted snob, he will suck up to the plumber . . . Their conflicting theories [are] almost exactly complementary and, in my view, equally suspect...
...earth solutions. His attitude is clear in these Fisherisms: ¶"No man who has lived with cows on the prairie and who has studied them in the laboratory can fail to ask . . . why aren't there more contented people?" ¶On self-analysis: "The psychiatrist, like the plumber, may find his most difficult task is that of repairing the damage done by those who first tried to analyze the trouble and repair it themselves." ¶"Five minutes of honest relaxation playing with a kitten and a piece of string can be a better therapy than a frantic trip around...
Bailey Everett White, plumber's helper in the town of Hobbs, N.Mex., went hunting one afternoon a fortnight ago. He shot three rabbits, brought the bag home to his wife to cook, sat down to supper. About four days later, he began to complain of pains in his stomach. Last week Hunter White was dead. His illness: bubonic plague, the dread, flea-borne disease which wiped out a quarter of Europe's population in the Middle Ages...