Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drought. Into his new half-hour show on ABC, Caesar crammed two sketches: one, too long, cast him and Imogene as a pair of chronic not-marrieds who were flung at each other by well-meaning friends; the other, too short, was a spoof on the current rash of TV shows built around singers on stools. Taking Frank Sinatra as his chief butt, Caesar prattled: "The whole show is live except me. I'm on film. And now from my latest album, Songs to Make Money By, here's a swingin' tune, Love Is a Gasser...
Rock with Puck. The subtle magic of such numbers sends squealing British teen-agers catapulting through plate-glass windows in pursuit of Tommy, has produced a rash of Tommy Steele autographs on teen-age backs and legs. It also sells Tommy Steele belts, blouses and underwear by the hundreds of thousands, and moves Bloomsbury parlor psychologists to long, long thoughts. Wrote Novelist Colin Maclnnes in the highbrow monthly Encounter: "The most striking feature of Tommy's performance is that it is both animally sensual and innocent, pure. He is Pan, he is Puck ... he is every mother...
...downturn and the scandals in labor's own house that have cost it heavily in public opinion. As a result, the new year may see some angry clashes over the bargaining table, particularly in aircraft and auto industries, where long-term contracts run out. Labor experts expect a rash of strikes next year, unlike 1957, which saw only 16 million man-days lost through strikes, the lowest figure since World...
...marriage business reached the beginning of the end. Bowing to increased pressure from physicians, ministers and clubwomen, the state legislature passed and sent on to Governor James Plemon Coleman for signature a more stringent new license law that should shoot out loveland's neon lights and keep rash child brides at home...
Twice after playing with the New York Philharmonic, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin mortified the Philharmonic management by responding to applause with Bach encores, a rash defiance of the Philharmonic's staid traditions. After a third concert for another full house at Carnegie Hall last week, both audience and some orchestra players mischievously sought to applaud Menuhin into another encore. Duly warned to stick rigidly to the program, Menuhin smiled and announced: "I am not allowed . . ." Applause broke out again. Finally, Violinist Menuhin made a little speech: "I am not at all sure you are allowed to applaud either! [Snickers from...