Word: shorted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, 57 of the best of France's ex-votos (sponsored by the American Federation of Arts) were on exhibition in Manhattan. Next stops: Baltimore, Colorado Springs, Manchester, N.H., St. Louis and Memphis. U.S. gallerygoers would find the paintings short on skill, long on human interest. Many of them would agree with the French poet, Guillaume Apollinaire, on the subject. Said he: "Enchanted and painstaking awkwardness . . . enough to touch even those who have no faith...
...dangling the juicy bait of tax savings before other NBC stars, soon made off with Jack Benny. Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen, Phil Harris, Fibber McGee & Molly, and Red Skelton were reported planning to join the exodus to CBS. This week the tax collector cut the gossip short. He had bad news for radio stars who would like to revise contracts...
...Well, who's going to be second?" "The Haig's" psychological warfare continued through the match. He made the hard shots look easy, the easy ones look stupendous. Early in a match he would concede putts to his opponent, later rattle him by insisting that even the short ones be played out. No matter how poorly Walter seemed to be shooting, nobody relaxed until he was in. But where Hagen deliberately played his opponent, Hogan coolly and distractingly plays the course as though there were nobody around. Those who have studied both in action suspect that Scientist Hogan...
...grim ritual on the putting green, the part of golf that the swinger in Hogan still dislikes. Says he: "Putting is foreign to the rest of the game. One of them should be called golf and the other something else." He put in long practice "tapping" the ball (for short putts) and "rolling" it (for long ones). Then he took a practice spin around Riviera's 18-hole championship course...
...Rape of Lucretia or on John Piper's handsome sets, imported from Britten's Britain. Dark-eyed Kitty Carlisle looked ravishing as Lucretia and sang almost as well. George Tozzi (as Tarquinius) sang a fine baritone. As demanded, it was a quality operation, even if it fell short of being a quality opera...