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...difficult for a fellow to believe that his career is actually over," exclaimed the five-foot manager in a recent interview...
Mercury associate, Charles Angoff, has reached back over 34 years, dusted off Nathan's personal Five-Foot Shelf of writings (some 39 books) and pieced together a Nathan sampler. Sipped, The World of George Jean Nathan is a delight; swallowed, it leaves a faintly rusty taste on the palate, like water too long in the taps. With malice toward some, Nathan has his say on every subject under his sun. Examples...
Critic Eliot brings some unique qualifications to his job. Both his parents are authors and his great-grandfather, Charles W. Eliot, most widely known for his "Five-Foot Shelf" of books, was president of Harvard University. A great-uncle, Portrait Painter Charles Hopkinson, gave his family an art tradition, as well...
...dramatic Gigolo and Gigolette, in which a high-diver (Glynis Johns) plans to commit suicide because she thinks her husband no longer loves her. Reassured of his affection, she safely makes the 80-ft. leap into a five-foot tank of flaming water while morbid Riviera spectators look...
...Five-foot eleven-inch Bill Biggs, the shortest man among the Big Green starters, is the team's other high scorer. The rest of the first string includes guard Kent Calhoun, and forwards Fred Gleg and Roger Pierce...