Word: type
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...matter of fact, it is quite natural that these words of Mr. Hammerstein's should evoke their melody. He stresses the point that collaboration is necessary for his type of writing--he can't merely mail the composer his lyrics as did Gilbert to Sullivan. Mr. Hammerstein also admits to using a rhyming dictionary...
...Plural marriage in Bikom," the U.N. mission report concluded, ". . . is a type of social security which will have to remain until Western civilization through education convinces the Africans that other ways are better and preferable...
...newer ones, built to meet an earthquake code, are stronger. But the bomb blast rocked them and twisted them, blew away their sides, crumpled their floors and caved in their roofs. Brick-walled buildings, common in the U.S., flew into bits, big steel-skeletoned factories of U.S. type collapsed into twisted tangles...
...radio craze was Tune-O, an air version of bingo with a touch of Stop the Music thrown in. Players must first guess the name of the tune being played from a numbered list supplied by the sponsors, then match the tune's number with an accompanying bingo-type card. The first to plot five numbers in a row calls the radio station, screams "Tune-O!" and waits for the prizes to roll in: $1,000 in cash, jewelry, a new automobile...
...best caricature of all is the king of the realm, whose handsome young son finally marries Cinderella. Fierce one moment and lovable the next, the king is the perfect foxy-grandpa type. He badgers his poor yes-man Duke, whose best efforts to please the king are never good enough. The slapstick scenes between these two are hilarious...