Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the five-day convention was over, it was plain that Reuther had the C.I.O. under firm control. He ran the show with the brisk confidence of a ringmaster putting veteran circus horses through their paces. Handsome Steelworker McDonald showed his seething dislike of Reuther, but his hostility set off no fireworks. Every one of the 64 resolutions presented to the delegates passed with little or no opposition. Bathed in floodlights while cameras reeled up movies for TV, Reuther ticked off resolutions as though he were counting nickels: "Is there discussion? No discussion. All in favor say aye. Motion carried...
...subject of the film is the annual Commemoration Run, from London to Brighton, of the British Veteran Car Club. The heroine is an alizarin-crimson 1904 Darracq named Genevieve, the hero an anonymous cadmium-yellow 1904 Spyker. The Darracq is the proud possession of a young man of moderate means (John Gregson). His wife (Dinah Sheridan) just goes along grimly for the ride. The Spyker belongs to a friend named Ambrose (Kenneth More), a frisky youth whose ambition it is "to combine the pleasures of the London-Brighton run with a really beautiful emotional experience...
This program started after World War II, originally intended to give qualified veterans, older and more mature than their classmates, an opportunity to work independently during their last year. So successful did the experiment prove that it has been continued, though the veteran has long since disappeared from the campus...
...tale. A thing of gags and gadgets, of blackouts, movie shots and the loudspeaker voice of Fred Allen, Cadillac is satire that is always hurrying off into routine farce. Its corporation characters are the merest cardboard. But it has a lot of funny lines, and it has dumpy, inimitable Veteran Hull. Her stage reminiscences are not the least of her charms. "Shakespeare," she recalls, "is so tiring. You never get a chance to sit down unless you're a king...
...from the provinces have also displayed an alarming taste for pink, yellow and patterned shirts which may force the old guard to follow the new maxim: that no style-conscious man should wear a white shirt before the sun sets. In addition to the color change, veteran haberdashers in the square also predict a switch away from the tab and round collar. The merchants recall the previous short visits of these styles, pointing out that they have never lasted more than a season. Their current demise is tearfully anticipated and already provided for by the major shirt manufacturers...