Word: rowes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saigon's infamous Palace of Mirrors one day last week for a most unusual ceremony. The famous old bordello, once the headquarters of the most renowned madams and prostitutes in Asia, had been stripped of its mirrors and packed with desks and household equipment. From the front row of the crowd 27 girls made their way to the platform and received certificates of efficiency and good behavior from the Ministry of Health. "We thank the government," said one in a singsong voice, "for helping us leave our wretched existence and start a new and useful life...
...hour, rescue teams of priests, Boy Scouts and taxi drivers were digging into the wreckage. Said one driver, jolted from his bed by the blast: "People were running through what was left of the streets in their underwear. I saw ten members of a family lying dead in a row...
...vote for Eisenhower, but I'm getting thoroughly disgusted with the way lily-livered Republicans hide their heads in shame and horror every time the Democrats make an issue out of what shouldn't amount to a row of pins...
...Jose Ferrer, then playing in The Silver Whistle, went to six matinees in a row, explaining: 'I've been in this business a long time, and Rex Harrison is the only actor doing comedy that I can learn from.' " At the time Rex Harrison was playing in Bell, Book and Candle, I was not playing in The Silver Whistle. I have only seen one performance of Bell, Book and Candle, and I have never, at any time in my life, said anything remotely resembling the quote attributed to me. My admiration for Mr. Harrison is unbounded...
Director Marston Balch has solved the set problem resourcefully. He divided the oval acting arena into two parts. On one he built a platform to represent a villa porch, to which a row of suspended colored lanterns contributed much. Steps led down to the other part, which served as the garden. Beyond this, in the space usually belonging to the entranceway, he removed a portion of the wall and built another platformed area to function as a garden kiosk...