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...think of something to write about," he said, "I'll open the Yellow Pages and go through them." He also suggested that I repeat national television commercials verbatim. "It's our job to say, 'Look, fog people--look how ridiculous life is.' The fog people are sitting on the couch, drinking the water, eating the chips--they don't notice the commercials. So repeating it to them is funny...
...Remember, if we don’t miss two field goals last year, we’re talking about how we can repeat as champions rather than how to get over the hump,” Murphy said. “We were so close last season. If we put it all together and improve our ball security, we’ll be right there...
...Martin Gabel?s Javert); it would be aired in half-hour segments on seven consecutive Friday nights. This show is a must-hear: a brilliant transmutation of the novel, through sound alone, into powerful and sensitive feeling. (It was also one of Welles? favorite sto-ries; he would repeat it on "Campbell Playhouse," this time as Javert with Wal-ter Huston as Valjean, and in a parody with Fred Allen...
...question is telephone solicitors. In October, Warner will publish a paperback original, "Fun with Phone Solicitors: 50 Ways to Get Even!" by Robert Harris. The author offers such techniques as: The Telephone Ruse: Pretend to transfer your tormentor and then press several buttons on your phone The Verbatim Variation: Repeat everything the caller says in a sing-song voice The Drop-the-Phone Drill: Self-explanatory...
...after nine months living in Harvard Yard, I, too, began to repeat the East Coast Mantra. I called home to talk with family and friends—and spent half of the conversation fixated on their glaring accents. I revised my reply to the inevitable “Where are you from?” inquiry. “Michigan,” I said. “But I want to live in New York.” I hardly lived up to the Puritan pedigree, but at least I was trying...