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Warming up for the new campaign, Old Earl ordered posters, stamped envelopes and 100,000 pocket combs. In the months ahead, Earl will shun television ("It makes me look like a monkey climbing a string"), happily concentrate on crossroads appearances in Louisiana's 64 parishes, whip up shouts of "Pour it on 'em, Earl...
...Hudson and even Zsa Zsa Gabor clutched Gillette razors, while Teresa Wright praised Scott Paper. Ever since Jack Benny came on saying "JellO again," radio and TV stars have plugged away at their sponsors' commercials, but never before have so many Hollywood big shots-some of whom otherwise shun TV-been available for commercial spieling...
...large and enthusiastic avant-garde following. Béjart likes to work with concrete music because it approximates "the infinite variety of the body's natural movements," and there is a system in his mad creations. He explains: "Concrete music can express all emotions, but it must shun the obvious sound effects. For instance, the tape can carry the sound of glass breaking, but not if the dancer mimes glass breaking. On the other hand, if you show a woman whose heart is breaking, then the sound of breaking glass is perfect...
...with the Young. Why the trading avalanche? The bull market has attracted many novice investors who aim for the moon but set a $10 limit on the trip. They shun stocks that sell for more, which means virtually all those on the New York Stock Exchange. They figure, often wrongly, that low-priced stocks are not only the cheapest but will rise the fastest. Thus, they shop around the American Exchange, home of many a budget-priced, volatile issue. (Almost all the exchange's most active stocks last week sold below $4.) Many of the stocks are low because...
Mississippi State, the nation's No. 5 team, leads the conference, but may shun NCAA play because of racial issues...