Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Accidents do seem to occur; but all accidents must be explained before people form their own theories about ships "blowing up" and "crashing in flames" or "falling apart in the air" and being "hurtled to the ground". Seeking some spectacular bit of news an ambitious news hound will feature anything and exploit it to the limits of his imagination. That is what readers crave...
...their faces are their respective offices, high in the New York Central Building. One office (the door of which is rarely shut) is a harmony of brown oak with beamed ceiling, paneled walls, high bookshelves. The leaded panes of the windows are stained with nautical legends-fish, dolphins; a bit of an ancient maritime chart; a square rigger. A great tapestry alone adorns the walls. Here, at a massive oak desk sits the massive youngest Scripps, editorial director of 25 newspapers, amid a sombre ruggedness that seems a filial translation of the father's hardiness complex...
...might have included chewing gum, bobbed hair and movie shows. But there is another newsworthy restriction, one which we, in this locality, associate with Zion City even more closely than the blatant overseer himself. Many people carry the association in their minds because they have paid dearly for a bit of experience. Let unknowing motorists beware of the speed trap which is one of Zion's most productive institutions...
...Bell did not possess a fountain pen, so in order to be on the safe side he had obtained a cheap pen holder and pen from the hotel, wrapped it up in a bit of newspaper and stuck it into his waistcoat pocket. He produced it and used it to affix his signature...
...Moon, the other attraction, begins as a bit of lusty Russian sex drama, with what might be called some very frank border ditties and conversation. But it dwindles off into a good old American musical comedy. Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett are the musicians and the direction is truly comical...