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...Aldredge is the talkative Gratiano. In the Trial Scene, when the tables are turned on Shylock, Gratiano indulges in not just the usual sarcasm; he positively relishes the chance to stamp on Shylock when he's down. Shakespeare contented himself with telling us that Shylock has oft been spat upon. Here, at Shylock's last exit, we actually see Gratiano (ironic name!) spit upon the Jew-- just as, in an earlier scene, we are treated to the spectacle of seeing his fellow Jew, Tubal spat...
...officials evacuated part of the population of El Qantara, site of a bridge across the canal, to prevent townsfolk from seeing the stream of ragged, bandaged soldiers dragging homeward. But the troops returned with tales, and the marketplaces of Cairo buzzed with rumors. In the streets of Cairo, people spat on their own army officers...
...Paris bureau, was still able to work, but things were hardly pleasant. In the street, Griggs met an Arab acquaintance walking with a group of other Arabs. The man sidled up to him, mumbling, "I have to do this or my friends won't respect me," and spat in Griggs's face...
...Molotov cocktails, and Americans were insulted openly in the streets -in many cases for show. In Beirut, cabled TIME Bureau Chief Lee Griggs, "an Arab friend accosted me on the street, mumbled, 'I have to do this or my friends won't respect me,' and spat literally in my face...
...contractual spat was abuilding before the AFTRA strike confused Carson's position (TIME, April 14). While it was true that he objected to NBC's rerunning of his old tapes during the strike, Carson's chief concern was his own future. Some time earlier, he had hired Show Biz Attorney Arnold Grant, to whom he referred on the air half-facetiously as "Louie the Shyster. He used to be prosecuting attorney in the Mafia's kangaroo court." In the demand for a new contract, Grant and Lawyer Louis Nizer reportedly asked for a base salary jump...