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...nearly as brash as himself-frenetic Producer David Susskind (see SHOW BUSINESS). Even Khrushchev's grisly jokes went sour. Asked by newsmen if he had changed his mind on disarmament, Khrushchev produced a penknife, said "I have this," and wondered aloud if the knife "could puncture such a sack" as the U.S.'s stout ambassador to the U.N., James J. Wadsworth...
There is, for instance, this recollection of a Russian officer who helped sack an aoul, or mountain fortress, in 1832: "By the light of the burning thatch we saw a man standing in the doorway of the saklia [hut]. This man, who was very tall and powerfully built, stood quite still, as if giving us time to take aim. Then, suddenly, with the spring of a wild beast, he leapt clean over the heads of the very line of soldiers about to fire on him. and landing behind them, whirling his sword in his left hand, he cut down three...
...played by Lew Anderson, was originated by Bob Keeshan, who is the enduring star of CBS's Captain Kangaroo). And with them all went a memorable list of supporting figures: Mr. Bluster, the puppet heavy (the children in the audience always booed and hissed); Dilly-Dally, the sad-sack tot; Flubadub, the curious crossbreed with a duck's head, spaniel's ears, giraffe's neck, dachshund's body, seal's flippers, pig's tail and the cat's whiskers...
...heavens, no!" the male patient sputters shyly to the two young nurses who propose to remove his drawers. "I'll do it myself if you don't mind.'' They do mind, and with Amazonian zest they pants the poor chap and dump him in the sack. "There now," one of them remarks, "what a fuss-about such a little thing...
...jail with some of Huey's old henchmen, leaving Earl in the driver's seat for two years. In 1948, Earl won his first full term as governor, and proceeded to out-Huey Huey. Where once Huey had said of a legislator. "We bought him like a sack of potatoes," Earl chuckled. "I just rent 'em. It's cheaper that...