Word: stoppered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kate's younger sister, bombastic Ann Miller is wisely given the song, "Too Darn Hot." And in the show-within-a-show, Miss Miller taps through "Tom, Dick, and Harry," one of those songs typical of Porter--unimportant in his score, good enough to be a show-stopper anywhere else. Regrettably, Miss Miller must share. "Always True to You in My Fashion" and "Why Can't You Behave?" with newcomer Tommy Rall. Rall, a dancer with a repugnant personality, is one of the film's few liabilities...
...Sturdy Stopper. Virginia's Highway Commission has bought 10,000 plastic traffic signs from General Tire & Rubber Co. for use on its roads. Lighter and tougher than steel, yet only one-eighth to one-tenth inch thick, the plastic signs withstand the attacks of man and nature better than metal ones...
...Train Stopper. Patachou (real name: Henriette Ragon Billon) never sang in public until five years ago, when she and her husband opened a small cafe next to the pastry shop. One night she joined a crowd of singing customers and they loved her. After that, she sang a little every night, walking from table to table, coaxing people to join in. One night Patachou saw a man cut off his friend's necktie for a joke. "I think this is most funny," she recalls. "I like the look of terreur on the man's face...
...Over. From the first day, Steinkraus was a show stopper; he won both opening international events, afternoon and evening, thus doubling the number of winners the whole U.S. team scored a year ago. Riding the skittish, younger (9) Hollandia, a horse that, Steinkraus says, "always thinks he's in the third race at Belmont," Billy slipped to a third place in the next event. Back on old reliable Democrat the next day, and traveling the course faultlessly, Steinkraus led the U.S. to a leg on the team title...
...Egghead Vote. At first, crowds were small, far smaller than Eisenhower's, far smaller than Harry Truman drew in 1948. In his first attempt as a whistle-stopper he was a flop. He got better, by dint of practice, but his best performances were in set speeches, to big audiences...