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Fear of Fear. Like Marilyn, Roslyn is a fractured, manhandled woman always "searching for relationships," full of hurtful memories about parents who "disappeared all the time." Helpless, yet flush with appetite, she is a compulsive time killer, shows a disturbing skill at batting a paddle ball on a string-which Marilyn does constantly. On the set last week, Marilyn was obviously afraid to act and troubled by her responsibility to her husband's script. Drinking coffee by the urn, she trembled, tried to control her shaking hands, broke out in a blotchy rash, spoke in a voice so constricted...
...first to exploit the box-office glitter of the Met's name in the world of show business-a practice that Rudolf Bing later frowned upon. He became one of the first U.S. opera singers to make a movie, The Rogue Song, followed it up with a string of schmalzy operettas: New Moon, Cuban Love Song, Under Your Spell...
...last 18. At the 15th, as he was addressing the ball, a train puffed and tooted past; on the 16th fairway, Palmer was attacked by an angry bee. Despite the distractions, Palmer played almost flawless golf. He birdied the 2nd, 5th, 13th and 14th, and ran up an unbroken string of 16 threes and fours. Then came the Road Hole. A booming drive left Palmer with an easy iron approach to the pin. Turning to his caddy, Palmer asked: "What should I use now?" The caddy suggested a five iron. The shot fell short, and Palmer found his ball nestled...
...fate of the bikini in the U.S. hung by one string. Despite a major sales campaign, Manhattan stores reported that customers were buying bikinis only for wear in semi-seclusion-penthouse terraces, backyards-but that men were trying to persuade their wives or girl friends to try bikinis in a wider variety of landscapes. Nonetheless, models and Europeans continued to be the stores' best sort of bikini customers. The forbidding breath of Salem could still be felt on most American beaches...
...LaSalle String Quartet and the Dancemakers, a modern dance company starring Martha Baird and Gus Solomans, performed earlier this week in the first two events...