Word: rooney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...editor of the star-spangled documentary history of the U.S., Profile of America, revealed the latest splurge of Washington nonsense. Though the U.S. Information Agency reported that the book has been the most popular U.S. history it has ever distributed abroad, a House Appropriations subcommittee headed by John f. Rooney (Dem.) of Brooklyn refused to allow 300,000 more copies to be sent overseas. The type of objection Author Davie was able to uncover: 1) a photograph entitled "A little red schoolhouse, built 1750," which the subcommittee insisted would give the Russians the idea that one-room schoolhouses dominate...
...around her bathroom in the dark) to word games. A favorite game is one devised by Alfred Hitchcock when he met Lizabeth Scott and got to wondering what would happen if other people dropped the first letter of their names: Rank Sinatra, Scar Hammerstein, Reer Garson. Orgie Raft, Ickey Rooney...
Cornell safety man Jackson picked off a Crimson pass near the start of the third quarter and joining a host of blockers returned it 32 yards to the Crimson 18. On the first play from scrimmage Tom Rooney took a perfect De Graaf pass in the far corner of the end zone. De Graaf's try for the point was wide...
This puts the burden of Cornell's offense on the passing of its starting quarterback Bill De Graaf or his sophomore understudy Art Sosenko, and the receiving of ends Tom Rooney and Jack Morris. Morris is a converted halfback who runs the 100 in less than ten seconds. Senior De Graaf injured a rib against Rice and may turn to Sosenko as his replacement...
...filmed Mickey Rooney Show, Hollywood's final dramatic effort of the week, Mickey plays a stagestruck network page boy who has no chance in TV because "he's too small to be a wrestler and too big for a puppet." Mickey comes equipped with parents (Regis Toomey and Claire Carleton), a sweetheart three inches taller than he is (Carla Balenda) and a shady dramatic coach (Alan Mowbray). Fast-moving and full of bounce, the Mickey Rooney Show is aimed at the large audience that already likes Our Miss Brooks, I Married Joan, Topper and My Little Margie...