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Insistent in adult ears, the rhythmic tick-tick-tick of jump ropes sounded last week across the land. From Atlanta to San Francisco, from Boston to Dallas, the shrill chant of little-girl voices made loud the early morning's quiet and the twilight's repose. To the irascible, the runes sounded much as ever, but a careful listener could detect differences. In Dallas, little girls chanted...
...Forgetful. He was taken back to Brooklyn, put on trial for the murder of an A.F.L. official named Morris Diamond. Ex-gangster Allie ("Tick Tick") Tannenbaum told the jury all about the crime. But another hood named Angelo Catalano-who had earlier admitted driving Parisi's getaway car-last week took the stand and said blandly, "That ain't the guy." A corroborating witness who had seen the murder just couldn't identify the killer either. Since a man may not be convicted of murder in New York solely on the testimony of accomplices, the judge helplessly...
...luncheon celebrating the second anniversary of the Marshall Plan, expected only a good meal and some of the pleasantly flattering remarks customary on such occasions. The familiar praise, however, was concentrated at the beginning of the speech. After that, Zellerbach's clipped, nasal voice began to tick off in unusual fashion some of the things that he thought were wrong with Italy...
...producer of last season's popular television show, "Broadway Revue," as well as a contributor to Broadway's "Call Me Mister" and "Make Mine Manhattan." His customary emphasis on dancing is evident in his latest effort. Nelle Fisher's energetic and skillful choreography is what makes the show tick. Her dancing, and that of Jerry Ross, former lead in "Call Me Mister," is fast, slick, and entertaining...
...homicidal maniac, the technical Hollywood name for someone who kills people, Cagney is pleasantly unconvincing. As a story of criminals and what makes them tick, "White Heat" is more so. But for classical cigarette-in-the-corner-of-the-mouth action, the movie is the best in a long, long time...