Word: purr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tourist named Clutterbuck (Charles Campbell) on whom they had both, it transpires, bestowed their pre-matrimo-nial favors. Simultaneously the husbands discover they have both enjoyed the pre-matrimonial favors of Clutterbuck's wife (Claire Carleton). From there in, the play concentrates on how the six of them purr and perspire, recall the past and are moved to repeat it; on their catting and torn catting, their hurried feints and sudden swoons...
Behind a glass door near the entrance to every apartment house in Paris sits a well-upholstered Cerberus who can purr contentedly or breathe fire at will. She (usually it is a she) is the Parisian concierge. Parisians call her La Pipelette, after Mme. Pipelet, a garrulous character in a popular French novel (The Mysteries of Paris). Paris knows her well, courts her favor, dreads and cherishes her power and protection. Last week, La Pipelette's very existence was threatened, and with it a bittersweet slice of Parisian life...
...Thursday's 63-46 victory over Newman Prep, Harper was particularly pleased by his team's defensive play. Newman had two men over six foot four but the Crimson seldom let them get into scoring position. Harper had further reason to purr about the Newman game because he had to juggle the lineup early in the game when Hickey picked up three personal fouls inside of the first quarter. The team operated smoothly nevertheless and showed well under pressure...
Chance to Purr. Earnings-wise, the regular airlines have had their worst twelve months in history. Yet, as the American Aviation Daily pointed out, "The combined losses of American, T.W.A. and United for the year 1947 would have been offset had [they carried] all of the passengers moving by nonsked carriers...
...fattest of the dozen-odd transcontinental wildcats, started three years ago with just two converted C-47s and $90,000 of borrowed capital. Now it has eight DC-3s and $300,000 in assets, has never had a crackup. A fortnight ago Wildcatter Weiss got a chance to purr: because of a boycott of New York International (Idlewild) Airport by domestic airlines, the airport management hired Standard to fly Governor Thomas E. Dewey to Idlewild for the dedication ceremonies. Last week Weiss asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to certify Standard as a scheduled carrier, said frankly that he had been...