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...West, and there's no turning back: we're in this until Stevenson releases us at the convention." Los Angeles Democratic Leader Paul Ziffren, who could be De Sapio's twin for looks, signed the Stevenson telegram. Nevertheless, he visited De Sapio and tried to soften the thrust...
...distracted and let the lunch burn. When he saw a built-in cosmetics drawer near the sink, he cracked: "And do you also sleep in the kitchen?" Again a builder explained: "You'd be surprised how this helps sell houses." Said Kozuilia: "Oh, I see, it helps soften criticism...
...pumped a little too much, especially with two reprises in the second act. And Good Old Days," a gruesome duet between the witch and the warlock, is lost in the welter of first act brilliance. Expanding the number and moving it to early after intermission--before Lola begins to soften--would strengthen the whole last half of the show...
...been filmed before, of course, notably in Pinky, the story of an affair between a white man and a Negro girl; but in White Feather the hero (Robert Wagner) is a white man who actually marries a red-blooded Indian girl. The moviemakers have of course been careful to soften the shock of this dee-double-daring event. The marriage takes place way back in the 1870s and is not shown on the screen. The Indian girl is played by a pretty young actress (Debra Paget) who is obviously of sturdy Nordic stock, and the rest of the picture...
...produce fertilizer and rubber, Italy can make enough money to balance out $40 million worth of imports. Eventually, as rubber production climbs, Italy even hopes to sell enough to supply a large portion of Europe's synthetic-rubber needs. Furthermore, E.N.I.'s Mattei hopes to soften charges that his state company is throttling private investment; its subsidiary, A.N.I.C., which has 25,000 stockholders (but is 51% owned by E.N.I.), will finance the $75 million project from private sources, use no state funds...