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...confined to a wheel-chair. He entreats his dear, departed but heaven-bound Mama (who apparently materializes for Tony somewhere in the vacant last four rows of the second balcony) for guidance. Tony then sings an ode about how "Young People Dance, Old People Watch," and the chorus grab their girls and have a ball all over the stage. His bride now takes up with the hired hand--she has fainting spells late in the second act. Aha. The hired hand runs away, Tony is mad, but then he sees the light. Who'll ever know? A tribute...
...nibble at par by polishing their approach shots. Their chip shots are deadly, and a delight to watch.) Evenings, for all the gin rummy games or the inevitable cocktail parties, the real pros still find it hard to relax. Given an open stretch of carpet, they are likely to grab a club and practice putting or swing at an imaginary ball...
Wrong Approach. In Denver, Hotel Desk Clerk Mrs. Burnace Hadley, 49, hit an armed robber on the head with a nightstick, made a direct hit on him with a vacuum bottle as he stepped back, rapped him on the fingers with the club when he made a last grab for the hotel's money, explained to police after he fled: "He made me mad with his brashness...
...grab-bag M.N.R., called Fascist until it seized power in a revolt in 1952, has two main factions: 1) moderate leftists, 2) Trotskyite doctrinaires. The Trotskyites, led by Juan Lechin, were kept in line by President Victor Paz Estenssoro and Foreign Minister Guevara, both moderates. Two weeks ago the M.N.R., in convention, chose another moderate, Vice President Hernan Siles Zuazo, as the party's candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections. Then, as the convention went on, Guevara and Lechin began trading verbal blows from the floor...
When the novice hesitates to make the kind of sharp, precise cuts that the body can heal most easily, the old one remarks caustically: "Now we're back to pecking and scratching." When something seems to go wrong, he cries bluntly: "Grab the damn thing-with something-not with the scissors!" When the young one has pulled himself together, the old one rumbles: "Now you're cooking...