Word: naw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ankle to bustle have not saved Anne from equally painful accidents. "The impulse during rehearsal," says Director Arthur Penn, "was to set the fight scene, to plan every move and response." But then he saw his stars at work. Once Actress Bancroft had persuaded Patty not to hold back ("Naw! You come on and hit me!"), the scrap quickly developed into impromptu reality, a little different every night. The big fight has run as briefly as 8 minutes 10 seconds; at its best, one night in Philadelphia, it lasted longer than 12 minutes. "It was," says Penn...
...waddayawanna talk about tonight? Kim Novak's latest? Naw. Sam Goldwyn is 76? Wish him a happy birthday, but what's more to talk about? Lolly Parsons is in Hawaii? Let her stay out there and eat pineapples. Waddayawanna talk about? Tell you what, let's talk about this guy Ernie...
Delegate: Naw, we gotta have a winner...
Impartially athletic, Robin switched to basketball with the season. When his mother would try to get him to do some work around the place, he would put her off: "Naw, Mom. I'm a ballplayer. You just wait till I get into the major leagues. Then I'll build you a house." Even Tom Roberts came to respect his son's determination. "You just had to go along," he says today. "He wouldn't do nuthin' else...
...gentleman across the table, a candy distributor, offered us a chlorophyll mint. He received dirty looks from everyone. "Naw," said one. "The kid wants a cigarette." Everybody agreed. We had a cigarette...