Word: swallowable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This sentimental pap would not be so hard to swallow if it were sprinkled with a few laughs or spiced with a tingling score. But 17 of the show's 21 scenes are over before a number comes alive that really rocks the house-That man over there is Santa Claus, I know! I know! I know! Choreographer Michael Kidd reels off a twinkle-toed, rainbow-colored Macy's parade, and a fanciful sugarplum birthday party in the toy department, but it isn't enough to save the evening...
...United Nations is the Capistrano of diplomacy. In their swallow-tailed coats, the key statesmen of member na tions swoop into New York each fall for the opening sessions of the General Assembly. This year some 77 foreign ministers and heads of government on hand presented a collection of rare dip lomatic birds unmatched in variety and political color...
...Bostonians yearn for a topnotch outside educator to come in and start rebuilding Athens. But no outsider has been brought in since 1912, and most candidates would sniff at Boston's salary ($26,000). Odds are that an inside war horse will get the job and try to swallow Committeeman Lee's boast that "we've got one hell of a school system"-a statement that many critics dryly regard as right on the button...
...abandon Naples, most of Italy within a year will be unified under the House of Savoy. He knows that boots must be licked, or boots will trample his beloved roses and his noble name into the burning yellow dust of Sicily. He knows-but can a Prince of Salina swallow his pride to save his estates? Can a Leopard change his spots to save his skin...
...took over the family company in 1938, helped its sales grow to nearly $600 million, found time for civic enterprises (the San Francisco Symphony, Golden Gateway redevelopment plan), served ably in a dozen public posts and produced in his private vineyard a California wine that made French diplomats swallow respectfully; of a brain tumor; in San Francisco...