Word: whoring
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...begins to cry. "But when I tell them about all this," she sobs, "who's going to believe me!" He grandly scribbles a testimonial, and signs it. Somehow, after her taste of the finer things, life on the streets does not seem the same to the little whore. Nameless yearnings assail her. One day she joins a procession to a shrine of the Virgin. She falls to her knees and groans: "Holy Mother, help me to change my life...
...evidence of his sordid dealings with Dio and other racketeers, Hoffa's close friend and unofficial chief of staff, Harold Gibbons, Teamster boss in St. Louis, spoke the defense that seems to satisfy a lot of Teamsters: "Is it all right for Dulles to deal with a whore like Saud, or a bum like Franco to get his objectives? Hoffa found he had to work with Dio to bring his people into the union. When you work with a man to win an objective, you can't turn around and spit in his face. Working with...
...credit to the excellent acting of the principals that the film can almost make one believe for a moment that being the son of a whore is enough dramatic justification for a berserk attempt to envelop all that evil has to offer. After a while the surfeit of violence and shock destroy even the dramatic incipient in them and become almost humorous...
...plays chosen were: "The School of Women," by Moliere; "Tis a Pity She's a Whore," by John Ford; "The Master Builder," by Henrik Ibsen; and "The Good Woman of Setzuan," by Bertold Brecht...
...part as a barmaid, is excellent. John Baker plays a bartender with all the fervent cliches of a barber-shop tenor; Cyrus Hamlin, as the poor Swedish hero, is also exaggerated, but with an amiable naviete which suits his role surprisingly well. Jan Baltusnik, as the inevitable whore, adds occasional wistful effectiveness. The director, Edward McKirdy, shows pleasant and exceptional skill...