Word: throat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...M.P.s sat silent and ill at ease because there was nothing more to be said, Sampson Cluse rose and cleared his throat. Then, in a quiet voice, he asked the Speaker whether all members should not rise and pay silent testimony to their horror and their determination to defeat Hitler. The Speaker ruled that the suggestion was unprecedented but that the members could rise voluntarily...
...only smaller roles than usual, but smaller salaries. (Yet the show, costing $12,000 a week, is Producer Cornell's costliest production.) The whole company have also displayed their very best company manners. Everyone is "thrilled" to be playing with everyone else. When Actress Gordon had a sore throat, Actress Anderson tore to the drugstore to get her a favorite remedy. For the Broadway run, the three great ladies are virtually pushing one another into the No. 1 dressing room. In Washington, no problem existed: since the dressing rooms there are lettered instead of numbered, it was simple...
...Hitler's dilemma in Yugoslavia, Greece, Rumania and Middle Europe-so often reported and exaggerated that it was hard for the Allies to take it seriously-was now genuinely grave. The Nazis dared not relax their throat hold on Western Europe...
...slapstick mostly a clever rehash of the best parts in "The Road to Singapore" and The Road to Zanzibar," Bob Hope and Bing Crosby get chased around until they run into Dorothy Lamour. Then they enter the chase, neither overlooking the slightest opportunity to cut the other's throat. The only hand between them is the memory of their common "Aunt Lucy" whose ghostly form makes numerous and picturesque appearances throughout the picture. Bing eventually comes out the winner. He gets the girl. But Bob manages to corral a choice specimen from his temporary harem, and he doesn't seem...
...game that way was a tremendous blow; it wouldn't have been so bad if they'd outplayed us and won by two touchdowns. On the trolley back he was ready to bite any offensive Yaleman. He went to a friend's room and poured four scotches down his throat. Even that didn't help. He was unhappy, and he didn't recover all night. He couldn't help it--this game meant a lot to him. But to think of what should have been the best week-end ever being spoiled just because of a football score was, well...