Word: tap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tap Door. A refrigerator with a built-in spigot in the door was introduced by Motor Products Corp.'s Deep Freeze division and Crosley. The tap connects itself with a large dispenser that holds water, fruit juice or other beverage...
...part, they permit no women in the club houses. But most important, the spirit of a Harvard club is entirely different from a fraternity or even from its counterparts in the Ivy League. The clubs depend on a quiet acceptance in the College for removed from "Hell Weeks" and Tap Days. Final clubs, like those oft-lampooned organizations for London or New York businessmen, have no reason for existing. And they seek no purpose. They have sprung up over the years for the enjoyment or convenience of their members and as long as they continue to attract men, they will...
...first would allow the Government to use wire-tap evidence to prove its espionage cases. At present, [such] information cannot be used . . . in the federal courts. There are cases of espionage presently in the Department of Justice, but since some of the important evidence was obtained by wire tapping, the cases cannot be proved in court...
...music for the featured song, Forbidden Love, was composed by Steve Allen. The leading man: Steve Allen. Allen admits to even greater versatility: "I can play the tuba, make up songs from any four notes struck at random, and do a lot of stupid little things like a tap dance with my fingernails." In addition, Allen records bebop fairy tales, is writing a novel ("It's about the crackup of a marriage"), is working on a critical analysis of his fellow TV comics ranging from Milton Berle to Red Buttons, and is doing the words and music...
During the last year, as Godfrey told it, Julius began to change into an "obstreperous" boy. He eyed outside offers, lost interest in the ballet and tap-dancing exercises for the Godfrey cast. "Julius went completely berserk, haywire." His signing with an agent was "the straw that broke the camel's back...