Word: suits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Talmadge or an Eastland would predictably get lost, as usual, in the Senate swirl; but if it came from reasonable, respected Dick Russell, a sharp blast would be heard with respectful attention. One day last month Dick Russell put on a brand-new, dark blue (his best color) suit, took the Senate floor to denounce the civil rights bill as nothing but another Reconstruction-style force bill, "cunningly contrived," based on bayonet rule, and designed to "destroy the separate system for the races on which the social order of the Southern states is built...
Charging that she hollered "This is a clip joint," soused patrons with champagne and walloped one of the owners below the belt when presented with a $137 nightclub bill, a Manhattan hotspot filed suit against sinuous Songbird Eartha Kitt. Revised check...
...called upon to spray himself with Bactine disinfectant and sing "Down go the mean old germs," take great chunks of Silver Cup Bread (backed by offbeat sound effects) and shriek "The Best Bread in Deeee-troit." When he downs his Vite-A-Minnies, children all over Detroit follow suit. "The mothers love me," says Soupy. He also gets the thanks of the fathers by offering such sound advice as: "When you are in the car with Daddy, don't shout or climb all over...
...politics with all the zeal of a successful evangelist. John Diefenbaker is an intense, moody man, sensitive to personal affront. His deep-set blue eyes can blaze with anger or fill with quick emotion; moments later he can smile with easy friendship, remember a name, recall an anecdote to suit an occasion and mood. Brought up a Baptist, Diefenbaker does not smoke, and he recently surprised Sir Winston Churchill by declining politely to share a bottle of Napoleon brandy...
...boldly along the city's outskirts, with an open prospect of unspoiled countryside. Binding together the 30 individual houses was a curtain wall modeled on a Palladian façade with its Ionic columns; behind it, Wood allowed for a variety in depth to the buildings to suit each owner's demands...