Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talks to Stevenson doubts that he will stay clear of the fight; his old bruises from the rough and tumble 1956 state primaries still pain him. But granted the purest of motives, he has chosen the wisest possible course for a two-time loser who might make a third...
...Vaduz last week had the sort of grievances that often lead to war. One of them, with a swollen population of 25,000 to the half square mile, desperately needs Lebensraum. Another has the largest number of Communists per capita in Western Europe, and civil strife is frequent. A third has constant border troubles with its neighbors, who seek to change the nation's traditional way of life...
Their answers startle and confuse him. One just hated Mexicans and wanted "to kill me a couple." Another was so scared he did not know what he was doing. The third was hoping to impress his superiors and advance his career. Cooper is even more startled when four of his five heroes calmly refuse the highest honor their country can bestow (one, it turns out, is wanted for murder in Albuquerque, and the publicity would probably hang him). When Cooper refuses their refusals, they t- blackmail. Finally, one of them tries to kill...
...likes to relax by donning a topee or a menacing German combat helmet and a British officer's short jacket and moodily marching about with his poodles (names: Hedda and Louella) and his vast television dreams. Occasionally, his reverie may be shattered by a cry from his third wife,* blonde Musicomedienne Vivienne (Pal Joey) Segal: "For heaven's sake, Hub, take off that damn helmet...
...impiously to Hub Robinson. At 54 he bosses the flashiest, costliest series in television: the Ford-sponsored NBC lineup of 39 weekly go-minute spectaculars. With a budget of $15 million, Hub Robinson can recruit some of the brightest players and producers-as he proved last week in his third Ford special, Henry James's eerie classic...