Word: stoppered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lions & Asses. Dry and dignified in manner, Whistle Stopper Malagodi nonetheless delivers incisive assaults. Of the Communists he says: "They hold one-third of the Italian electorate prisoner in the grip of a foreign ideology. We must free them for the politics of free men." Wealthy Monarchist Achille Lauro (TIME, Dec. 30), whose campaign caravan includes two lion cubs, is dismissed by Malagodi with the private comment: "He may travel with lions, but he has asses for candidates." Some of Malagodi's sharpest blows have been struck at the Christian Democrats, whose stand on church v. state has become...
...sorcerer himself receives a magnificent interpretation from Benjamin Nielson. His singing, costume and makeup suit the role perfectly and with his acting there can be no cavil. His rapid-fire patter song is a genuine show-stopper. As his page, nine-year-old Nicky Deutsch is charming...
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Women have copied St. Nick and the traffic departments in picking bright red as the color stopper of the season. Royal blue, kelly green, and black are prominent too. White is always a Christmas favorite, but pastels have somewhat faded out of the picture this year...
Last week, despite this frank confession, Stopper Corke was haled into court, fined ?2 and summarily ordered to get up ?16.0.5 in back insurance payments. "It's sheer hypocrisy!" snorted the Stopper. "The law says thieving isn't a job and is illegal. Then when it wants its cut, it says it is a job and legal enough to pay insurance on. The law's dead crooked...