Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...begin with and to be quite frank we are a bit disappointed. Did the mob surge into sacred dormitory corridors causing shrieks and terror as it passed? Not exactly. Stray delegations wandered about on the first floor, and even a trifle abashed walked out; only the noble contingent which had penetrated Bertram swept off with the dinner gong and the keys. Did they get invited to have some ice cream and did they yelp in answer "we want beer." Not quite, except that the inspiring slogan actually did rend the night air. From the safe vantage point of upstairs windows...
...girders snap off like pretzels, I know something is wrong," carped Congressman Boland shortly after witnessing the mishap which befell the U. S. S. Akron last February and laid her up for nearly two months for repairs. But nothing was wrong. Last week Lakehurst mechanics were stitching the last bit of fabric to the Akron's torn skin, finished tinkering her broken fin. When Lieut Commander Rosendahl barks "Up ship!" as he sails to join the Fleet in the Pacific next week, his ship will rise as sound and airworthy as ever...
...brought in Manhattan last week by Abraham, William, Herbert & Morton Minsky, proprietors of three burlesque theatres, against Sidney Ross, proprietor of one art gallery. Mr. Ross has been holding an exhibition called "The Theatre In Art" (TIME, April 11). There, on Sunday, he held "burlesque day." That made a bit of mutually profitable publicity for both Mr. Ross and the Minskys. One would have thought that it would cement their mutual respect and admiration, but such was not the case. On Tuesday Brother William Minsky caused his lawyer to write to Mr. Ross protesting a painting by one Myron Sokole...
...they turned to burlesque. Brother Billy, onetime newspaperman, ablest of the group, had at that time never seen a burlesque show. He prefers Wagner, Dostoevsky, "deep books" and Edgar Wallace. Unlike other theatrical entertainment, burlesque requires no rehearsal. It is a traditional art. There are some 400 "bits" and Brother Billy simply specifies what series of bits he wants his stock company to perform each week. Sample "bit" is "Bibs & Bibs," involving two couples, one including a henpecked husband, the other a browbeaten wife. After a few drinks the situation is reversed...
...Bibs & Bibs" is "always good for a laugh." "Buzzin' The Bee" is another one in which the straight man persuades the two comedians to pretend they are bees. To ensure their silence each is given a mouthful of water. This "bit" terminates with one comedian getting a face full of water...