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...thrill to me to meet people who admire my father. When I sectioned for an English course this semester, the head section man told me that the section I wanted was really crowded and would I mind choosing another time. I did and handed in my slip. "Oh," he said, "Are you related to Professor Bloomfield?" "Yes, he's my father." "Well in that case you can have any section you want. In fact, you can even teach a section...
...side in breathless anticipation, exclaiming that he's "dying to hear about your trip!" Some of Heurtebise's lines could easily fall flat when the humor wanes transparent, but A.S. Birsh never leaves you in doubt as to his character's utter naivete, and the risky bits slip by quite smoothly...
...this was quite bewildering to Walter, who would ease up to the nearest basket of pretzels, slip it stealthily under his coat, and go home to share it with his wife as they watched people winning thousands of dollars on "Treasure Hunt" and trading away a new Cadillac Eldorado for the oxcart behind The Curtain That Carol is Pointing To on "Let's Make a Deal...
...money and handles their taxes. He is a specialist in tax shelters and, although self-taught in that field, now lectures on the subject at California C.P.A. seminars. Says Rogers: "I always tell my clients up front nothing is perfect. I'm human; I make mistakes." One recent slip-up was the loss of "less than $100,000" in an Oklahoma oil well that wasn...
...imbedded in the basic joke of the plot (quailing before Otto da Fe, the Earl of Fourflush who announces that he won't be satisfied "until everyone is dead," one of the heroines vainly offers so "give you my silver gold-piece") that it's more than likely to slip by unnoticed, or to register only a few minutes later, when the show has already gone on to something else. There are also some lovely visual puns: the royal coach is announced, and then jogs in in a sweatshirt, blowing his whistle; the Princess Purins makes her first entrance "idly...