Word: sure
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mike Cogliandro, owner of the Dunster Shop, said, "when they start talking about raising the price, it's a sure thing they will." Business usually lags for a week or two after an increase is effected, Cogliandro said, "but although students threaten to extend the time between haircuts, they never...
...annual San Remo Song Festival, walked off with the festival prize-no cash, but an Oscar-sized honor in a crooner-crazed land. This week Piove, a mawkish tale about lovers parting at a train station, flowed across the U.S. on hot platters pressure-cooked by Decca, is almost sure to be another smash hit for Modugno. He freely admits that his stuff is pure corn-on-the-sob, but happily asks: "Why not? Is not the heart eternal...
...teams with the members taking turns mauling each other) that eventually degenerates into a crowd-pleasing, pier-six free-for-all. Midgets may be there to jazz up the act. Here and there, where lenient local authorities permit it, women wrestlers appear to slap each other around. Someone is sure to take a mean-looking poke at the referee (an illegal maneuver in Missouri); someone is sure to heave someone else through the ropes (never over; that, too, is frowned upon...
...excesses, gives a gracious, intelligent performance. And though Actor Cooper, when required to produce the piercingly analytic stare, can do no more than push out his chin and look as though he is about to whinny, he demonstrates in a hundred subtle little platitudes of the prairie that he sure does know his oats...
...Noble and excaptain Bob Foster, wrestling at 157 and 177 respectively, are both unbeaten this season and will be looking for their sixth victories in a row. Foster, who is slightly injured, is a doubtful starter. Coach Robert A. Pickett says that he is ready, but is not sure whether he will use Foster or Tom Hill...