Word: tab
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Damn Yankees. Gwen Verdon, as the nimblest dancer in this or other worlds, and Ray Walston, as a button-down Beelzebub, in a bouncy remake of the Broadway musical; with Tab Hunter (TIME, Sept...
...swan song, the Group decided to give the premiere of The General, written by Robert H. Chapman, associate professor of English. Directed by the author, the performance was excellent. But the play was weak, and the production lost $3000 (though a New York manager picked up the tab). Nevertheless, all agreed that the HTG could take pride in its exit as well as its previous record...
...would cruise up and down the Kaiserstrasse or park in front of the Frankfurter Hof, the city's swankest hotel. As a plump, well-tailored captain of industry approached, Rosie would appear to be having trouble with her engine, and appeal prettily for help. Her tab was high-anywhere up to 1,000 marks in a city where 20 is the average. Explained a Frankfurt businessman: "To understand those sums you had to know Rosemarie...
...pitiable of men, a Washington Senators fan. An offhand mention that he would sell his soul for a long-ball hitter brings on Ray Walston, a crewcut, button-down Screwtape always willing to oblige. With a flick of the wrist, Walston turns paunchy Rooter Shafer into spring-legged, muscular Tab Hunter. Despite the fact that Actor Hunter holds a bat as if it were a canoe paddle, he hits .524 and steals 976 bases as the Senators roar in pursuit of the Yankees...
...Caught with their rate cards down, network pitchmen faced the official opening of the new TV season with time on their hands. At week's end NBC was still trying to find sponsors for 4¼ unsold nighttime hours; CBS needed someone to pick up the tab for &; ABC was stuck with 4¾. Competition is so keen that both CBS and NBC are willing to peddle one-shot time spots...