Word: half-dozen
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...half-dozen fronts, Republicans made news last week as the party which used to be called Grand as well as Old bestirred itself for the fall elections...
Recalled last week in closed session for the purpose of naming names, Commissioner Payne seemed pretty much of a fizzle. He showed up with no evidence against his fellow Commissioners. He did repeat the names of a half-dozen well-known lobbyists. Nevertheless, the Rules Committee, led by its hard-boiled chairman, Tammanyite John Joseph O'Connor, voted for an investigation. In doing so they overrode protests by FCC Chairman Frank Ramsay McNinch, who well knew that a comprehensive investigation would involve not only broadcasters but also his Commission. He is already conducting a monopoly investigation...
...manifests its veneration for tradition in nothing more clearly than its plot, which is one of mistaken identity: two brothers trying to save their father from the clutches of a cigaret girl, encountering the wrong girl when their father has left town with the siren. Fortunately, nobody utters the half-dozen words of explanation which would have immediately stopped the fuss. Having saved their father from the girl, Ameche and Young alternate in saving the girl from each other. Josette is not for the lorgnette trade, but its general nimbleness, bright lines and pleasant tunes by Gordon and Revel give...
...then 25, came to a solemn conclusion: "There is no God . . . nothing matters as long as we remain healthy and alive . . . insensitiveness is the one cardinal sin." Still alive 29 years later, while continuing to think each year his last, Llewelyn Powys has succeeded in writing a half-dozen books which stand out for their acute observations of nature, their sensitive prose, their blend of pessimism and pagan delight in the "rabble senses." The most polished of the prolific Powys brothers (John Cowper Powys, T. F. Powys), Llewelyn is also the most uneven. But even cautious critics rank three...
Instead of getting a chance to play in the show, Willow Joe is sent off on a fantastic publicity stunt, a ten-day trip down the Mississippi on water shoes, playing a guitar. Unlike his half-dozen drowned predecessors, Willow Joe makes it. Then he lands in prison for shooting a man. His luck gets worse & worse. Then he becomes a hero in a big flood, is rewarded with a nice farm in the hills. But come summer, the Pennys start complaining- even the clock "ain't been ticking natural" -and sneak back happily to the storms, floods, fever...