Word: roomful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DANNY THOMAS SPECIAL (CBS. 8-9 p.m.). "Make Room for Granddaddy" is a reunion of the cast that made scratch for Danny for eleven seasons on the old Dan ny Thomas show...
Finally, for those whose frustrations cannot be expunged by small, subtle victories, Matusow proposes direct confrontation-attacking the inhuman enemy with the most human of weapons: "Women going into a room with a bank of computers are advised to wear a lot of the cheapest perfume they can find." Computers operate effectively only in "clean" air, Matusow explains, and are highly sensitive to environmental changes. Heavy dollops of perfume could paralyze a computer as effectively as they do those of a weak-kneed human office worker...
Marvelous Marv departed early in 1963, but the Mets' maladies lingered. The humor began to wear a little thin ?at least in the clubhouse. "It was no fun, no laughs at all," recalls Jones, who played in six games that year. "Imagine walking into a locker room before a game and hearing guys ask, 'Well, who's going to blow it for us today?' Or people referring to you as the Ringling Brothers Circus. I was too embarrassed to show my face in public." For those who groused about their station in life, Casey conjured a classic reply...
Blessed Rhythm. Transamerica is one of the country's fastest-growing conglomerates. Its holdings include such diverse companies as United Artists, Trans-International Airlines and Budget Rent-a-Car. It needs a new building where it can consolidate all its operations and provide room for anticipated expansion. The location chosen-just across the street from its beautifully restored turn-of-the-century headquarters building and right at the edge of San Francisco's financial district-is most convenient to the company's operations. But many San Franciscans, including city planners and just plain residents, strongly oppose...
...First Afghan War and let it develop to such a ruinous defeat," remarks Flashman with customary charity. "We shall not, with luck, look upon his like again." At his best when savaging real people and slinking through real events. Flashman keeps his narrative moving smartly. Perhaps to make room for other sorts of depravity, sex is at a happy minimum, though he does deal out the Kama Sutra ("It is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth position turns out to be the same as the seventy-third, but with your fingers crossed...