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...wittier, more engaging-whether in such favorites as Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and I Could Write a Book or in such a mocking female duet as Take Him. Seldom were Hart's lyrics brisker, brighter, more uninhibited, enabling Elaine Stritch -for one example-to stop the show with Zip, a spoof of a striptease...
...history's first formal meeting of New World and Old World legislators, and the Europeans had planned lots of dinnertime get-togethers. The Americans were back-slappingly friendly, but they wanted to see a little zip. "Cut out the banquets," said Connecticut's well-fed Senator Bill Benton. "We've come here to ask some important questions, and we want the whole story." A Briton remarked unhappily on the second day, "This isn't a conference, it's a court of inquiry...
...Charlie Wilson, who was impressed by Nance's work as a member of WPB's advisory board for industry. He was already a veteran in the electrical industry, had managed Frigidaire's commercial refrigeration department, bossed Zenith Radio's wartime production. Charlie Wilson liked his zip, enthusiasm and selling touch. He sent him to Chicago in 1946 as executive vice president of a G.E. subsidiary then called Edison General Appliance Co. The company's chief value was its brand name, Hotpoint, first nationally advertised appliance in the U.S. As president, Nance took full advantage...
...just a month short of 37, with the bounce gone out of his legs, the zip out of his arm, and a bit of the bang out of his bat, Joe could still play the game-from memory-better than most outfielders. He obviously wanted to call it quits while he was still on top. But, like most champions, he could not quite bring himself to the final exit. On Yankee President Dan Topping's urging, he agreed to think it over before making up his mind for good...
...with those who consider football merely a spectator sport. Participating in all the insane hoopla, before, during, and after the game is easily as exhilarating as watching the actual contest. The telecasters did manage to get some of the noise across to the audience but it had as little zip as the sounds that come over in any football broadcast...