Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...secret while unknowing shoe clerks push him around. The other half comes from the lightsome little comedy itself, which bubbles along without a hitch under the knowing hand of Director Sam Wood (Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Our Town; Kitty Foyle). Comedienne Arthur plays second fiddle to the enameled professional finish of oldtime Actor Coburn...
...pages long; the last is five; and the whole is one quick petering-out. It is all rather as if, with boundless elan, a man started telling a dirty story to a nice old lady, realized his error in midstream, and tried in the same breath to finish it and to back out of it, winding up in a hopeless cachinnation of "uhs," "I-mean-to-says," and tongue-swallowings...
...thrown in), but why bother with that? It's not their kind of music. You'll see what I mean when you hear them get together or a last chorus of, say, Muskrat Ramble with everybody in there driving for all he's worth. It's like a photo finish at Suffolk Downs, it can be so exciting. Jimmy McParland has the lead, and his cornet rips out what you'll recognize as the melody if you can follow the chord sequence. 'George Brunics makes a background foundation on trombone, long, deep, throaty notes which you won't ever hear...
...first three time trials between the second and third heavy eights, the score stood at one victory for the thirds, one for the seconds, and a finish so close that it was deemed a dead heat by the coaching staff...
...anxious to have the invasion," Sir Gerald concluded. "It may finish us off, but we are inclined to feel that we can account for it.... We shall lift our eyes to the hills, for we shall be batting for the Lord...