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...year for musicals. Indeed, with just a little stretching of the Tony rules, a whole stageful of prizes could have been bestowed. Best new musical: Zip! Goes a Million. Best actress: Judy Kaye as the Gay Nineties chanteuse in Sweet Adeline. Best supporting actress: Jane Connell as the inebriated Quaker aunt in Oh, Boy! Best eccentric dance: Mia Dillon for her daft balloon ballet in Music in the Air. Best orchestrations: John McGlinn for Leave It to Jane. Best book and lyrics: Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse for Oh, Lady! Lady! Best composer: Jerome Kern, for all of the above...
...here. The Germans experienced the Americans as their friends. In 1946, as half-starved schoolchildren, we saw American trucks drive onto our school playground at 11 o'clock every morning with food. I met my wife at a dancing class where I wore a suit that was a Quaker donation. My wife wore a dress that was much too big for her and also an American donation. And now it was in November 40 years later that I was at the White House. I told (President Reagan) this May 8 would be a very difficult time for us, when...
...second great stand came at first doubles where the Crimson tandem of Scott and Arkie Engle faced a Quaker due who had been a nemisis for the netman all year...
...stock for Paine Webber, a Wall Street broker: "It was obvious that it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for Steinberg to buy Disney. But he played the publicity game very well. The stock was bid up, and he made a nice profit." Just before Disney, Steinberg greenmailed Quaker State Oil Refining, buying 8.9% of the firm on the open market and then selling it back to the company. His profit: $10.5 million...
...Tigers, who led until just five minutes remained, stifled a gallant Quaker comeback with precision free throws in the final minutes...