Word: hmmm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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VARIOUS STORIES have clustered around John Dunlop, the David Welles Professor of Political Economy. According to one, he tells time by the Boston Washington flight table ("Ten after eleven-hmmm, a plane left for Washington ten minutes ago."). Another story has it that his Rambler, a dilapidated antique, is driven only to Logan Airport and back. And he works twenty-four hours a day. These Dunlop stories capture the energy, but miss the man's complexity: the intellectual and toughguy negotiator, the compromiser and cautious advocate...
...Bing desperately wanted to persuade an exhausted Franco Corelli to substitute for an ailing tenor. He went to Corelli's hotel, got his room number, went upstairs, knelt in a prayerful attitude before the door and rang the bell. The door opened. A disheveled woman squawked in astonishment. Hmmm, wrong room. Begging her pardon, Bing dusted off his knees, strolled away, found the right room, knelt, rang the bell. Corelli could not turn him down...
...three-button bacchant, and so he is. The girl next door (Romy Schneider) cannot collect a $15 million inheritance unless she collects a hus band, fast. And who is the lucky fellow who has to commute across back lawns, masquerading as his good neighbor's spouse? Mmm-hmmm...
...twos everybody. Line up. Partners. First four girls go on over to Barnard--they have places for you in the laundry room and smokers. Next four to Moors. Let's see--that about finishes the room space in the dormitories. All you girls have places, don't you? Hmmm. Well, suppose you eleven stick together for the time being. We'll find you something nice in the Health Center. I always thought there was something a little sick about you off-campus dames anyway! Hey, that's good...
...morning, so a Bryant legend goes, Bear picked up his phone and dialed Auburn University's athletic office, trying to clear up a ticket hassle. "Let me speak to Coach Ralph Jordan, please," he asked. Jordan was not yet in. Neither was Ticket Manager Bill Beckwith. "Hmmm," said Bear Bryant, "you people don't take your football very seriously over there...