Word: wolfing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Each morning, as White House Messenger Robert M. Goodloe lifted the curtain from Flash's silvery, over-sized cage, the bird would greet him with a dulcet, patronizing "Hello, boy." As girl workers arrived, beady-eyed Flash greeted them with wolf calls. When crossed, which was seldom, Flash cussed the air blue. He was fond of raisins, and newsmen slipped him plenty, though some said he preferred bourbon...
...Venice competition and pressed a whopping damage suit against the company. RKO, said Rossellini, had destroyed Stromboli by bad cutting and had damaged its box-office appeal by "improper" advertising (sample: "Raging Island . . . Raging Passions"). Cried Rossellini: "I feel like I'm living in the fable of the wolf and the lamb. In this case I'm the lamb...
Most encouraging is the forward line, where four of the five slots are filled by returning lettermen. The right side of last year's line returns intact, with Ben Goldstein at the wing, and All-Now England Charlie Welss at inside. Captain Ted Wolf, who scored both Crimson goals in the win over Yale last fall, will hold down center forward...
Sergei Prokofiev once composed a charming piece for children called Peter and the Wolf (TIME, Aug. 21). But that was a long time ago (1936). Home in Russia again after living in the U.S. and France, he was then still basking in the warmth of a hero's welcome. Since then many things have happened to Sergei Prokofiev. The hero's welcome wore out. Two years ago, he was sharply reprimanded for "bourgeois decadence." He meekly promised to mend his ways...
...year-old Composer Prokofiev announced a new work for children: an oratorio called Guarding Peace, for children's voices, mixed chorus, soloists and orchestra, with text by Children's Poet Samuel Marshak. In the new work, his latter-day Peter comes across a new species of wolf: "The sinister, evil voices of the warmongers and Wall Street merchants on their way to Korea, carrying hundreds of thousands of death-dealing bombs." Guarding's enthusiastic conclusion : "The children's best friend and protector lives in the Kremlin...