Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they sit tight. Sometimes they get hysterical. The Frobisher's passengers provided a gay variation. Yankee John Anthony Celler, a tourist from New Haven, Conn., stood up. "Anybody got a flask or something?" he coolly inquired. "I'd like to celebrate this occasion." The equerry looked a bit startled, the businessmen surveyed him askance. But Mlle Anne Chagno of Paris came characteristically into the action. She broke out two bottles of champagne. The businessmen quickly found some tumblers. Yankee Celler popped the first cork...
Twenty-eight candidates have reported to the Yardling squad, from which no cut will be made until next year. In the words of Major Sargent, their coach, "eight or ten of the Freshmen have had some polo experience, while three have played quite a bit...
...nervousness, supposed to be one of their chief characteristics, the doctor pointed out that their movements to and fro are of such rapidity that they could not be seen. He reluctantly admitted that he had added a few buckets of gelatin to their water to slow them down a bit...
THERE may be something a bit smug about the fellow who goes to Maine to spend his summers and then returns to the office full of intimate tales of Maine people, Maine lakes, coastlines, hills, skies, orchards, barns, and trees. We envy his close acquaintance and understanding of such things which are realities to him and only quaint oddities to us who travel in a subway instead of a buggy...
...matter how sophisticated is the girl you take, she'll secretly think that Clark Gable is pretty swell; and even if you should drop in all by yourself, you'll rediscover that Myrna Loy is just your style, although maybe she's a wee bit too perfect. From the safety of the balcony, you may wonder once in a while if a newsreel photographer's life is really as electric as Mr. Gable's portrayal would have you think. It can't be all burning ships and wars and jungles; doesn't Photographer Gable ever have to shoot the Sweepstake...