Word: swains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first his manager claimed that he was just feverish from some bug he picked up in Australia, but now it's official: love has finally come to Tiny Tim. An impetuous swain, the unearthly falsetto couldn't wait to tell reporters about his betrothal to Vicki Budinger, 17, and thereby robbed Johnny Carson of a promised exclusive on the Tonight Show. Still, Carson got to preside over the presentation of a diamond ring to "Miss Vicki" and signed up the lovers for a network wedding on Christmas Day. As Tiny tells it, he first met Vicki last June...
PRUDENTIAL'S ON STAGE (NBC, 8:30-10 p.m.). "Male of the Species," narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, is a three-episode comedy-drama that details a Scotswoman's (Anna Calder-Marshall) relationships with her hard-drinking father (Sean Connery), a charming Irish swain (Michael Caine), and a wily Welsh barrister (Paul Scofield...
...lecturer since his retirement in 1950. But when former Metropolitan Opera Tenor Giovanni Martinelli, 81, arrived in Seattle, the head of the Seattle Opera persuaded him to sing some of the old songs again, playing in Puccini's Turandot. In his younger days, Martinelli portrayed the swain Calaf, but now, costumed like a mandarin Lear, he sang the aged emperor. He was still in good voice, and the audience gave him two standing ovations. Was he satisfied with his performance? Of course not, said Martinelli. "As an artist, you are never satisfied...
...merry swain, who laugh'd among the vales, And with your gay pipe made the mountains ring, Why leave your cot, your woods and thymy gales, And friends belov'd, for aught that wealth can bring...
...girl suggested to her swain that they spend the evening at a local amusement park. "Oh come off it." He replied. "You know that whenever you go on those wild rides you wet your pants and embarrass me." "Honestly," she pleaded. "I won't this time. I'll take care." At length the swain consented and the pair enjoyed a pleasant time on a number of the tamer riders. Then the girl urged that they try the terrifying loop-de-loop, the fastest swirling ride in the park. With some trepidation, her date agreed. After several breathtaking circular ascents their...