Word: squirm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...back none of this sophomoric estimate, but he cannot help confessing that some cheer keeps breaking in on his misanthropy. With frankness and obvious satisfaction, he discusses his sex life and indulges in bland reveries on his numerous seductions. Fellow F.F.V.s who, he remembers, never bought his books will squirm at some of his recollections, if they ever hear about them. Remembers Cabell: "In practice, among the upper circles of the state of Virginia ... a fair number of accessible young gentlewomen whose social standing stayed unquestioned, whether as wives or as spinsters, were no whit averse to extreme amorous dalliance...
...Kefauver committeemen rolled into the nation's largest city last week for the big finale to their investigation of organized crime in the U.S. Before they were done, they had made the legendary Frank Costello squirm in view of millions of television watchers, and provided titillating evidence that unobtrusive Frank Costello was just what they had claimed -the boss of one of the nation's two big crime syndicates (TIME, March 12). They had also charted some tortuous trails that led straight out of Costello's underworld and wound up in ex-Mayor William O'Dwyer...
...Three Wives. Based on a story by Novelist Vera Caspary, who worked on the plot for Three Wives, the picture gives three men (Howard da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Karnes) reason to suspect their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown) of infidelity, then sits back to watch them squirm...
...Brandeis team, despite the many Yardling mistakes, was clearly the better club. The line outcharged the freshmen all the way, and the backfield looked sharper, especially on pitchouts. Quarterback Dick Cunningham passed well throughout most of the game. Three times he was trapped but managed to squirm away for good gains...
...turn to squirm on the witness stand...