Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...auditions, repeats Arthur Godfrey's introduction on Talent Scouts ("Vickie Lynn ((her stage name then)) is a beautiful girl with mounds of auburn hair and two of everything she needs"), recalls the anti-Semitism of her husband's friends, and displays some heated ego in an exchange with Sir Rudolf Bing, who had prevented her appearance at the Metropolitan Opera. Bing: "Not every great singer can sing at the Met." Bubbles: "Not every great singer wants to." Nor can every great singer walk away from $7.5 million worth of bookings in order to retire, then take over a troubled opera...
...withering cross-examination, speaking in deceptively mild tones but homing in repeatedly on sticky issues. Secord rapidly lost his composure, once snapping at Liman, "Let's get off the subject!" in the voice of a general barking at a lieutenant. "You making the rulings?" Liman inquired mildly. "No, sir," replied Secord. "But I did not come here to be badgered...
Finally, we abandoned the phones and decided to give away money. "Excuse me sir, would you like some money?" we asked. Still no takers...
...mean a writing band, sir. We could get all the kids together and then our writing would really rock. You and Mr. Do-rite could write lead...
...laughter: the breeder of Alysheba is Preston Madden of Lexington's Hamburg Place, the hors d'oeuvres center of the bluegrass. During the first 25 years of this century, John E. Madden was known as the "wizard of the turf." He bred five Derby winners, including Sir Barton. But the grandson Preston and his flamboyant wife Anita have been famed solely as champion party throwers. This year's bash howled as usual, but the door prize the next afternoon was a little dignity restored...