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While the two chatted, Adlai's Florida campaign manager slyly pinned a Stevenson button on Kefauver's lapel, whereupon Estes pinned a Kefauver button on Adlai. "Congratulations on joining the cause," said Kefauver, simultaneously reaching over Adlai's head to shake a voter's hand. "May the best man win-Adlai," replied Stevenson, reaching around Kefauver's middle to do some handshaking...
...cunning fakery of the sets was dwarfed by the outsize playing of the big cast. Director Hill, 31, an ex-marine fighter pilot, still cannot believe his luck: "If one actor had missed his cue, the whole thing would have fallen apart. Every single actor came in on the button. It was the most beautiful week I ever spent. Everybody realized that it was an experiment in trying to open up TV to the kind of fast, intricate cutting only possible to get in films...
...machine" proposed to eliminate the first two faults. A place judge was stationed at the end of each lane with a button in his hand. Each judge pressed his button when his swimmer hit the wall and the results were recorded electronically--the order of pressing determining the order of finish...
...watched scornfully from the visitors' gallery, the Premier and Deputies of France caved in, gave Poujade not all but most of his demands. When Poujade took off his coat preparatory to donning a sweater and leaving, the Assembly president was so nervous that he pushed the riot-call button, which summons the Republican Guard on the run and locks all the Assembly doors. Today Poujade has only to take his coat off and look around for the Garde to get a laugh from his crowds...
Sheree North received a "Roscoe" for such remarks as "My hobbies are Yale men; I play with them;" and "I feel very much at home with Harvard men because they wear those three-button charcoal suits, button down shirts, and cardovan shoes--just like all the Hollywood agents...