Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Political Action Committee. Speaking at Milwaukee, Kroll cried that President Eisenhower was running "the most corrupt Administration this country has had since the Harding regime . . . [It is] the Big Mink Administration . . ." While all this is going on, said Jack Kroll, the newspapers "continue to tell us how popular Ike is, what his golf score is and where he's vacationing this week...
...looks, in fact, like the popular conception of a gangster, model 1929. He has bright, wild eyes, and his movements suggest spring steel; he talks out of the corner of his mouth. He dresses with a glaring, George Raft kind of snazziness-rich, dark shirts and white figured ties, with ring and cuff links that almost always match. He had, at last count, roughly $30,000 worth of cuff links. "He has the Polo Grounds for a closet," says a friend. In one compartment hang more than too suits. In another there are 50 pairs of shoes, each shoe...
Worn Velveteen. The Voice was worth all the buildup. It sang slowly, more slowly than most popular singers dared to sing, but it kept a heavy, heartbeat rhythm. Says one critic: "He never let go of that old Balaban & Katz beat.'' Other critics compared the sound of his voice to "worn velveteen," or said it was "like being stroked by a hand covered with cold cream." One listener wondered if Frank tucked his voice under his armpit between numbers, and another said he sounded as if he had musk glands where his tonsils ought...
...through all these carefully acquired characteristics ran a vital streak of Sinatra. He was the first popular singer to use breathing for dramatic effect. He actually learned to breathe in the middle of a note without breaking it (an old trick of the American Indian singers), and so was able "to tie one phrase to another and sound like I never took a breath." He carried diction to a point of passionate perfection. But what made Sinatra Sinatra, when all came to all, was his naive urgency and belief in what he was saying. As one bandleader...
BICYCLE TARIFFS are going up 50% to protect U.S. manufacturers from foreign competition. With imported bikes grabbing off nearly 40% of the U.S. market, President Eisenhower last week jacked up tariff rates from 7½ to 11¼% on popular, lightweight, large-wheel models, as high as 22½% on other foreign-made bikes. Estimated increase in retail prices to U.S. cyclists: up to $5 a bike. Increase in U.S.-made bike prices: none...