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...England the winkle picker is an extremely pointed-toe shoe. The term is derived from the sharp pin used in eating periwinkles...
...Pin Sticker. The chore brings out the worst in him. He has called Alan Ladd "the mightiest midget of them all," John Payne "a grimacing sweat bead," and Comic Mort Sahl "the thinking man's Roscoe Ates." He summarized Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, as an "Our Gang comedy for grownups." The Fugitive Kind, a movie based on a Tennessee Williams play, was ''Tennessee Williams tromping around barefooted again in that same old Dixie cup." Dazed by an endless procession of indefatigable ants in Walt Disney's Secrets of Life, Ricketts wrote: "They know...
...Lawrence, 43, "the top U.S. Negro painter"-a race-conscious title that tends to blur his individual style. While the dominant school of abstract art has steadily fled the image, Lawrence goes right on telling simple, straightforward stories. If any artist or style ever influenced him, he cannot quite pin down who or what or when. He has always been his own man, and his very lack of complexity makes him something of a puzzle. "Painting is like handwriting," he says. "Every person has his own style, and my style is just something...
Estabrook, who has pinned five opponents this year, was behind going into the third round and needed a pin to win the match. He gambled and lost when he was reversed by Cornell's Bill Carter, who won the 137-pound class with an 11-6 decision...
...heavier weights the Tigers began to score, sparked by co-captain Pete Schantz's pin at 167, after a great struggle by the Crimson's John Valentine. John Doubman's win for Penn at 177 tied the score...