Word: graziano
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...when Friar "Abbot" Joe E. Lewis describes him as the "only fellow who can light a room up-just by leaving it." The smile actually broadens a bit when M.C. Jack Carter snaps back: "Lewis is more than a Friar. He's really a stewing chicken." Between Rocky Graziano's remote snuffles and Jack E. Leonard's belligerent groans, the show seldom slows down. Comedian Joey Bishop's brief speech moves the audience to a fine double take once everyone realizes that Joey has finished. "I have been asked to talk about the generosity, warmth...
...church. One day a young (33), eloquent Baptist minister came to the village, was challenged by a priest (and locally famed Bible expert) to a Bible quiz in Latin and Greek. After four hours and 45 minutes, the Baptist came out the popular victor. Encouraged by his success, Pastor Graziano Cannito began to hold services in a private house, soon chalked up 70 Sant'Angelo conversions. In nearby towns, which he tirelessly covered in his little Fiat, he had made more than 300 other converts...
...friend. Carl Sandburg calls him a poet. He is a longtime friend-at-the-bar (Scotch, a little water, no ice) of Sir Winston Churchill. Interviewer Murrow is often more celebrated than the celebrities on Person to Person, sometimes must work to bridge the gap. When Rocky Graziano appeared, he urged the prizefighter to call him Ed. Replied Graziano on the air: "Oh no, Mr. Murrow, I can't do that...
Somebody Up There Likes Me. Paul Newman is brilliant as the slum-dumb hero in the story of Rocky Graziano's rise from mug to pug (TIME, July...
Somebody Up There Likes Me. The punk-to-puncher saga of ex-Middleweight Champion Rocky Graziano; with Paul Newman and Pier Angeli (TIME, July...