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Singer-Actor Paul Robeson-a popular idol in the '20s when he introduced Ol' Man River in Showboat, then a popular villain in the '50s for his espousal of left-wing causes-is becoming respectable again. Now 72 and ailing, he has had a student center named after him by Rutgers University, where he played All-America football and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key as a member of the class...
...over town. "If the bulldozers come, the Block will scatter just like the whores do," said a veteran nightclub owner, Maurice Cohen. "They'll move upstairs and downstairs with you." To prevent such an occurrence, civic leaders have given thought to transplanting the entire Block onto a showboat, or a nearby pier, or, possibly, onto a rat-infested island known as Fort Carroll...
...Showboat. During the 1966 cam paign, when Nixon was stumping the country for G.O.P. candidates, coolness developed between them. Nixon wanted the National Committee to furnish a private jet plane. Bliss demurred. If one potential presidential candidate got that kind of help, he argued, they all should...
...Chance? He would not win this game. In the first place he was a picayune materialist who constantly asked for new balls (One didn't learn until afterwards that Lonborg had penned "$10,000" on the pocket of his glove.) Furthermore Chance, was lazy. He relied on a driving, showboat follow-through to salvage an otherwise lackadasical delivery. While such tricks undoubtedly served him well in bed--one always associates Chance with Dean Martin and Bo Belinsky--they would not suffice against Lonborg's constant, balanced effort...
...once for 40 yards. I wasn't quite awake yet and I wanted to make sure I was loose, so I started these exercises we use in track. Dave told me later that the scout, watching impatiently half-way down the field, quietly remarked. 'This kid's a real showboat...