Word: types
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shallow plot of Mattress breeds shallow characterizations. A gaggle of supporting actors is thus given freedom to attempt to steal the show, and two in particular come very close to succeeding. Peter Grand turns in a sparkling performance as the Wizard, a show-biz type turned minister. In the first act, he offers a frighteningly accurate imitation of Bob Ewbank, host of the Newlywed Game. And he walks off with the second act by virtue of an impressive display of magic tricks...
...Chamber of Commerce, realty groups, press and political organizations for help. If that fails, Van Haefton turns to maps, marine charts, atlases -anything that shows property to fill the need-or even occasionally slogs through the countryside himself. Right now he is searching California for a "Tibetan-type monastery" for the Hare Krishna sect and has no doubts that a reasonable facsimile will turn...
...when later he sees a newspaper photo of Tycoon J.J. Wolfe, a cornpone millionaire from the Ozarks. Such a flash of recognition would, of course, never persuade any court of Wolfe's guilt. But Bone's pal Cutter is convinced-perhaps because he associates the Wolfe type with those who sent him to Viet Nam. He devises a reckless plan to blackmail the millionaire. Bone objects that "extortion is a crime." Shrugs Cutter: "So's murder...
...started out as a typical Mufi Hanneman-type ho-hum affair, as early in the first half the Eagles flew off on a 16-2 spurt which found the Crimson down 28-11 halfway to intermission...
...This year they changed to a new type of seasonal adjustment that understated the figures in the spring. So the fall figures are overstated to offset the earlier mistake," Feldstein said...