Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wednesday, November 30 THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.).* The Clampetts, hearing that Gloria Swanson's mansion will be razed to make way for a golf course, decide that she is destitute and go into silent-movie making so that Gloria can try a comeback...
...pity that other television programs of the new season cannot measure up to Mrs. Child's delightful charm and instruction. Mrs. Child's innate knack for comedy is the best deadpan act since the silent movies. Vive la Child, to say nothing of bon appetit...
...President remained unwontedly silent for a day at his ranch, where he is resting for this week's scheduled surgery, then decided on a philosophic approach. "I would be less than frank if I didn't tell you that I am sorry we lost any Democratic seats," he said. The losses "somewhat exceeded" his expectations, he continued, and would make it "more difficult for any new legislation." But he noted, with unusual magnanimity, that perhaps it was a good thing after all "to see a healthy and competent existence of the two-party system...
Dante well knew the sudden fury of the Arno and its tributaries. So did later Florentines who saw their city flooded in 1333, 1577, 1666 and 1844. Last week the 450,000 citizens of the capital of Renaissance art once again watched in silent disbelief as the floodwaters of the "royal stream" receded. This time, the raging tide had swept down from the mountainous north in a wide arc through Florence. The waters killed at least 100 persons, dealt a severe blow to the economy of one-third of Italy, and ruined countless millions of dollars' worth of Florentine...
...emotional kick. Frustrated by the difficulty of "escalating protest," a Yale senior sighs: "This Government is committed to this madness, so what can you do?" The University of Wisconsin still manages to muster some 400 students for antiwar rallies, but most protests elsewhere take the forlorn form of silent vigils...