Word: dumbness
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Wrong Answer. In Great Falls, Mont., Earl Phipps, 58, panhandled money by showing prospects a sign reading: "I am deaf and dumb," landed in jail after a policeman asked him where the sign was, and he replied: "Right here in my pocket...
...season's gayest comedies, Pat and Mike benefits by George Cukor's shrewd direction, the sprightly lines of Authors Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and the comic capering of Old Hands Hepburn and Tracy. Aldo Ray is amusing as a dumb boxer with a foghorn voice. There is a pungent gallery of prognathous fictional sports characters, while such real sports personalities as Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gussie Moran, Donald Budge, Alice Marble, Frank Parker and Betty Hicks show up in person...
...Reading Public. In Indianapolis, Reporter Bruce Hilton stood on the street with dark glasses, guitar, a tin cup, and a sign announcing: "I am not blind, deaf, dumb or crippled, and do not want any money," in 40 minutes collected...
...Bennington system succeeds to the point where it instills its pupils with a healthy regard for intellect. This is manifested in the classrooms, where students vie to ask piercing questions. Although Burkhardt claims that "girls aren't afraid of being dumb," the competition in some classes assumes disproportionate dimensions and tends to make the duller students remain silent. The classes, which meet one to three times weekly, and entail many papers, run about 13 members and may include an occasional male one of the drama students...
...first half of The Marrying Kind the authors are trying to be funny and frequently thanks to the efforts of Miss Holliday and newcomer Aldo Ray they are. Although she does nothing new, Miss Holliday succeeds in making her dumb blonde thick witted and likeable at the same time. Ray uses his two main acting props a hoarse voice and an air of bewilderment to excellent advantage...