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...stand-up lush of an ex-wife (Patricia Elliott) whose sassy words rain mockery on all. Finally there is a cranky old biddy (Geraldine Fitzgerald) who will not go gently into any night. Her slavishly devoted daughter (Rose Gregorio) fears that all meaning in her own life will slip away with her mother...
Dresses must get snagged in closing doors. Pistols must slip maddeningly down trouser legs. Lines like Dick's complaint that he is not cut out for blue-collar crime must be spoken: "I have a white-collar mentality. I panic in the face of death...
...dinner was partly a cover to allow more than 100 guests to slip into the White House for a surprise party that Ford had engineered, with great delight, for his wife. It was their last evening of dancing in the marble foyer. It was merry but laced with nostalgia...
...bosses at Harte-Hanks Newspapers Inc. set certain goals and promised him a bonus if he met them ($6,800 if he did well, $12,000 if he did very well). But by fall the economy turned sour, lots of readers canceled their subscriptions, and advertising began to slip. Ginn's bonus was in jeopardy. What should...
...Orosy acting as M.C., Northwestern led off. It had proposed a long-term solution-expanding paper deliveries into neighboring communities -but its defense seemed perfunctory. When one judge asked a tough question, nobody knew the answer. Wharton's faculty adviser, Jules Schwartz, smiled contentedly and wrote on a slip of paper, "They've been had. Our guys are going to be more sharkish." Dartmouth was up next, and Curtis Welling, who already has a law degree, gesticulated in his best courtroom manner as he defended its rather undefined proposal to "establish a long-range planning committee." Judge Malcolm...