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...starts where their public lives do, in a crisply directed sequence with the two preparing to go onstage: the camera zeroes in on their hands, as Martin coolly downs a Scotch and Lewis fusses with his props. From their first meeting in 1945 through their heyday in the 1950s, Martin and Lewis shows how they fused opposite stereotypes--the smoky Italian lover and the nervous, nasal Jewish kid--into a sex-and-yuks act more successful than either had been separately. In fact, the pairing of needy Jerry and detached Dean wasn't quite amore, but it was good business...
DIED. BILLY GUY, 66, earthy baritone for the Coasters, the 1950s vocal quartet best known for novelty songs like Yakety Yak and Charlie Brown; of cardiovascular disease; in Las Vegas. Guy, above right, was lead singer on the group's 1957 hit Searchin...
...diluting the genes that have helped them survive. Fish escapes are common: nets are ripped open by predators or storms, fish in ponds get swept into channels by rainfall, others are released accidentally during transport. Bighead and silver carp that were introduced to China's plateau lakes in the 1950s have cleared those waters of whole species of indigenous fish. And Asian carp, which were introduced in Mississippi Delta catfish ponds to control parasites, escaped in the early 1990s and have migrated up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to within 25 miles of Lake Michigan, threatening native fish with their...
During the 1950s, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 caught a touchdown pass during a howling blizzard, but the play was not enough to prevent a Yale victory...
...cancel his appearance is a two-fold affront to free speech: it both denies him the right to have an opinion—however controversial—and silences speech of his based on his personal opinions which are unrelated to that speech, akin to the blacklisting of the 1950s when screenwriters in Hollywood could not find work because of their supposed political affiliations. I only fear that at this point, what was intended to be a poetry reading will become a political fracas, and that those who want only to hear Paulin read a few of his poems will...