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...their skating tug-of-pulchritude, Katarina Witt and Debi Thomas bared their claws and other whatnot. Referring to no one in particular, Witt observed, "I think every man prefers looking at a well-built woman to someone else who is the shape of a rubber ball." Thomas declared, "I think I have a great body." But the silly argument dissolved into stark drama. Thomas stumbled to a stunned third and Witt...
Ginn was selling props -- magic wands that turn into rubber snakes, and whatnot -- and he punctuated his pitch Henny Youngman-style: "Talk about a cheap gag. This'll make you gag, Charlie." Then Bill Anderson came out to talk about using ventriloquism in church work. He had written a pamphlet of 111 different ways to use it, one paragraph devoted to each method, and he mentioned all 111. A sample: "Use your dummy for free advertising. Take your dummy to a clothing store to get a new suit, or a barber shop to get his hair cut, and call...
Preachers who purchase airtime frequently offer books, calendars, lapel pins and whatnot to those who phone or write in. Viewers requesting "premiums" often send checks, but the preachers' real goal is to build a computerized name list for future direct-mail solicitation. One prominent evangelist, Oregon-based Hispanic Luis Palau, complains with some justification, "When you try to talk to somebody about Jesus Christ in America, they immediately think all you want is to get their name, address and ZIP code...
Adding the separate ottoman or footrest makes the chair blissfully relaxing. Adding the "task accessories" for reading and writing makes it a marvelously efficient work station. The lamp and a small round side table for a telephone, ashtray, vase, drink or whatnot are supported by a freestanding column. Another column supports a television set or computer monitor, as well as a cantilevered, tilting table that can hold a computer keyboard or serve as a writing surface. The columns can be placed anywhere. The computer disc drive goes in an upright console next to the chair. Diffrient maintains that "the energy...
...cinema producer (Robert Armstrong), his leading lady (Fay Wray), his first mate (Bruce Cabot) and their entourage visit a remote Pacific island to make a nature picture. The natives seize Fay Wray, tie her up as a sacrifice to their god, King Kong. He is a gigantic whatnot resembling an ape, 50 feet tall, equipped with large teeth and a thunderous snarl. He picks up Fay Wray in one hand as though she were a frog and shuffles off through the jungle, breaking trees and grunting...