Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aside from the dubious point that today's musicals lack the talent that is provided by a Berlin or an Astaire, the main superiority of a film like "Follow the Fleet" is that it lacks the horrible brassiness of modern musicals. It is inexpressibly delightful to sit in a theater without the constant danger of having a big-name band jump up and down noisily. Here the commercial Jazz is present but not overpowering, and the picture wends its pleasant way without mishap. A perhaps interesting note: Betty Grable is in the billing, but it was impossible to find...
...begged the police to be merciful with the youth: "We should not harbor hatred." One of his listeners, deeply moved, shouted that Gandhi should proclaim himself a reincarnation of God. The Mahatma smiled. But his worshiper persisted. Then Gandhi's weak voice rose almost to an angry shrill: "Sit down and be quiet...
...Skating mamas" are a strange breed, like the mothers of violin prodigies and child movie stars. They watch over their daughters like circling hawks, and fuss around them like anxious hens. This week, as usual, they will sit around hotel lobbies in St. Moritz, discussing other skating mothers who are out of earshot-and their daughters. Mrs. Scott is understandably possessive and protective of her daughter, but does her best to avoid the infighting among "skating mamas." She wants Barbara Ann to stay as she is: winning titles by trying harder and being more precise than her rivals...
...Entertainment Workshop on a farm in Hopewell, N.J., a staff boils down the author's manuscript to a one-hour reading which is then recorded. The records are played in various cities and towns to hand-picked groups who first munch refreshments, and then all sit down together to hear the boiled-down book read, and record their impressions throughout (from "superior" to "bad") on an electronic gadget called Teldox. When it's all over, a composite graph indicates the weak spots in the story and the author is called in to make repairs. Whatever survives these sievings...
Another famous incident concerned the initiation of one Dan H. Fenn '44, who was required to sit in the front row of Professor Merriam's History 1, read the CRIMSON from front to back; and then crumple it up and stalk out as the lecturer droned on. His subsequent return to official grace provides an accurate indication of the values of CRIMSON training...