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...temperament, respect for the rule of law, or age. Singling out ten magistrates judged to be among the most "flamboyantly" awful of all, the council's report recorded a series of scathing opinions. "Difficult to believe he had ever attended law school," it said of one. "A loudmouth, showoff, vicious, vindictive bully," was one lawyer's judgment on another magistrate. On still another: "Ignorant, arbitrary, contemptuous of those who appear before him and highly bigoted against various groups, especially blacks." The more Establishment-minded Chicago Bar Association, by contrast, found only 38 of the magistrates unqualified...
...Hothead. It was finally ruled that Carty belonged to the Braves. During his rookie season he subsisted mainly on hamburger (the first English word he mastered), but today he is known to rival players as a "hot dog"-locker-room lingo for showoff. Ever smiling, Carty always catches the ball one-handed, waves to the fans, and tosses balls to them. He wants to be known as a "hoppy guy," not as the hotheaded player who once slugged Teammate Hank Aaron...
Best of the bunch is Pete Rose, 26, a brassy, bristle-topped Irishman, whose flip tongue and frenetic brand of baseball have injected fresh breath into an increasingly stale game. His zest once branded him a showoff. "In the minors, they called me 'Hot Dog' and 'Hollywood,' " he snorts, "but they don't holler at me in the majors." They certainly don't. Spraying hits from either side of the plate, Rightfielder Rose has batted better than .300 in each of the past three seasons. This year, with a .327 average, he is fighting...
...title character, Hyman Kaplan (Tom Bosley), is likable even though he is an outrageous showoff. To him and to the other immigrants attending a night-school class in Americanization, the English language is a terrifying octopus at which they slash, tentacle by tentacle, in a melee of dialect comedy and amusing linguistic boners. Kaplan is in a one-man class by himself. If the teacher, an earnest young Ivy League graduate named Mr. Parkhill (Gary Krawford) rebukes him, Kaplan rebukes right back. Kaplan answers twice as many questions as are ever asked, and holds the attention of his fellow class...
...SHOWOFF. An unwelcome son-in-law crashes like a wayward meteor into the mundane sphere of the earthy Fisher household and sets it ablaze with his inflammatory manner. George Kelly's 43-year-old comedy is revived...