Word: teller
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, last week published his eagerly awaited account of the explorations that made the weapon possible. Printed in Science, weekly publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and entitled "The Work of Many People," it is a modest and moving effort to close the rift opened by the political and ethical debate over whether to go ahead with the "super...
...present time," says Teller, "I find myself unhappily in a situation of being given certainly too much credit and perhaps too much blame for what has happened. Yet, I feel that the development of the hydrogen bomb should not divide those who in the past have argued about it, but rather should unite all of us who, in a close or distant way, by work or by criticism, have contributed toward its completion. Disunity of the scientists is one of the greatest dangers for our country...
...dealer cussed out Auto Salesman Dodge, whose secretary dutifully recorded in her notebook what ensued: "Mr. Dodge sought him out to question him about the statements. The dealer made a wrong move and was suddenly flat on his back." Years later, Dodge's boxing coach remarked to a teller in the Detroit Bank that the bank's president "might have made something of himself if he had stuck to boxing...
...show's star, Louis Jourdan, is a very handsome man. He radiates charm and immediately makes the fortune teller seem a very nice chap with a surprising share of sincerity, considering that his line of work involves mulcting the public. Unfortunately, Mr. Jourdan tends toward stiffness. Perhaps it is his incomplete command of the more subtle inflections of English, but in any event, it is not too serious. Felicia Montalegre plays a female lion-tamer with a vigor and grace that fail only when the excitement or anguish of her lines forces her to plunge through them. In smaller roles...
...About the same as an apprentice bank teller...