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...only unexpected delight in "Sitting Pretty" is the appearance of Clifton Webb. He turns up by some mistake as a resident baby-sitter, and in the end he is more or less running the happily married couple and their three little boys. Having harvested something of a general education, Webb is on hand to avert every family disaster in the accepted Jeevesian fashion. Only once does his wisdom and teaching fail: that is when one of the little boys gets a bellyache, and this heartrending dialogue ensues: "Well, why don't you stand on your head like Mr. Belvedere said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/17/1948 | See Source »

Gates has already composed one paper on John Harvard, with another on the fire. He claims research for his theme turned up evidence that Shakespeare served as Jawn's baby sitter, "often dandling him on his knees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old John's Script Reveals Modesty, Freshman Finds | 3/10/1948 | See Source »

Poultry Sum. In Kansas City, Werdin E. Harlow sued Fred C. Bays for $800, said it was wages due him as a "professional chicken and turkey sitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 16, 1948 | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

Harvard starters: Bender, le, Kristopik, it, Coyne, lg. O'Brien, c, Roseman, rg. Sitter, rt. Callaban, re, Lowell, qb, Bottenfield, lhb, West, rhb. White...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: '51 Checks Eli Surge for 27-26 Win | 11/22/1947 | See Source »

...starting lineup: le, Bender; it, Kristopik; lg, Kanter; c, O'Brien; rg, Rosenau; rt, Sitter; re, Callahan (capt); qb, Lowell; lhb, Bottenfield; rhb, West; fb, White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Teams Sweep Over Brown | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

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