Word: tower
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate passed an unemployment compensation bill so tightfisted that Illinois Democrat Paul Douglas dubbed it "the leaning tower of nothingness...
...peoples, he argued, welcome the fresh air of America's uncensored, unsubsidized films. Producer Sam (The Bridge on the River Rival) Spiegel was less certain. Asked if he thought the U.S. film industry was meeting its international responsibility, Spiegel replied, "No. We in Hollywood live in an ivory tower-or an ivory sewer. We have absolutely no idea of the effect our movies have on people abroad...
...Academy of Sciences and titular head of all Russian science. The son of a school principal, he became a distinguished chemist in his own right, headed the University of Moscow during the period when its skyscraper (39 stories) campus became the tallest structure in Europe east of the Eiffel Tower. With his wife, who was once one of his students, Nesmeyanov has a spacious apartment near the academy and a sizable dacha outside of town. Though a member of the party and a Deputy to the Supreme Soviet, he is anything but a dull-minded party hack...
Equally notable is the disastrous rendition of the old music hall song Anne Boleyn ("With 'er 'ead tucked underneath 'er arm, She walks the London tower.") The Dunces have arranged the tune beyond recognition, and do not get the words across as well as they might...
...glancing nervously at the door of his stateroom. He'll be sorry he did. Ekberg is a sneaking budge for a counterfeit ring, and Hope is an actor who wants to produce a play that exposes her employers. Arrived in Paris ("Say, that's the biggest TV tower I've ever seen"), Hope discovers that his room opens on the very same balcony as Anita's-a coincidence that could easily prove fatal, or even embarrassing. Hope is in love with Martha Hyer, a mighty jealous girl who works for the U.S. embassy when...