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...never unprepared. It may have taken 20 minutes of mental hand-springs on his part but he did astound the class, proving that "bags without handles are no good." The class laughed, but Bernie knew he had not "missed the point" and was therefore happy. Note also the breathless response which this brought up from New Jersey...
...time for the case anyway. Determined to by pass these difficulties, the expectant couple go to a broadcast of Phil Baker's Take It Or Leave It program. Eddie succeeds in answering not one but six $64 questions in the breathless interval before Kate leaves the radio audience for the delivery room, while Phil Baker (himself) halts the program to page Dr. Preston over the air. The six questions and one extra try answered by Eddie deal exclusively with the movies, giving 20th Century-Fox a thrifty opportunity to trot out Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie...
Well, at last this long-awaited week is here. Finals are now over and we are all breathless waiting for that Commissioning. Also, Harvard is having its Commencement today and all of us will be there...
...hoarse, frightened voice I kept whispering the password, hoping someone would hear and help. From a nearby hedge I heard voices. I hung still a moment, breathless...
...breathless eight-month rise of Evita Duarte from artistic obscurity to one of Argentina's highest paid radio contracts is the talk of Buenos Aires. Evita is lovely to look at-tall, svelte, brunette, alabaster-skinned, 26. She is also the favorite of Colonel Juan Perón, Minister of War and strong-boy of Argentina...