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Word: mentalist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tout." His own voice, when in use, is faintly Flatbush-full of lines like "I sen tout for coffee" and "I had a friend of mine who . . ." The fourth child of a New York lawyer, he had been an actor, magician, mentalist and hypnotist when he tried his first commercial-as a talking flashlight battery-eight years ago. Soon, for another commercial that was used repeatedly, he got $1,700 instead of the $45 he had expected. He called the agency to see if there had been a mistake and, when told that there had not been, decided to enter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: How To Be Rich Though a Pencil | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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