Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ration. In Wild Cat Corner, N.C., Mrs. Robert Ivey, charged with buying and reselling one gallon of whiskey every day, protested: "I drink every bit of that gallon myself...
...Though a bit shocked at the casual way Tacho switched Presidents, the U.S. State Department recognized the regime (TIME, May 17). Thus Somoza was in a position to buy U.S. warplanes and to start closing the lead gained by Guatemala's air force during his stay in the doghouse. He was also busily spreading the word that the Guatemalans, the Caribbean Legion and everybody else conspiring against him were Communists...
Perk Up. The ailing domestic airlines perked up a bit. In the twelve months which ended June 30, reported CAB, the 16 domestic carriers had trimmed their losses from $22,435,489 in 1947 to $15,494,310. In the profitable (spring) second quarter, they had rung up a $3,262,837 net v. $2,754,724 last year. As usual, Eastern Air Lines, Inc. was the healthiest; and last week it reported a nine-month net of $762,578 v. $409,809 in the 1947 period...
...plays the tough officer convincingly. He has a certain feel for a part that calls for a bone-crushing fight. But Mr. Powell is no cowboy and the required high-heeled boots probably give him blisters. Agnes Moorehead, a star of great magnitude, has been given a silly bit that is beyond even her ability to salvage. She plays a supposedly sympathetic character, but the direction and the dialogue unfortunately make her seem alternately sexy and evil. Jane Greer performs as a woman saloon-owner oddly named Charlie. She is gorgeous, which sums up what is required of her. There...
While at Radcliffe Miss Slocumbe wrote for the sub-deb department of the Ladies Home Journal and briefly for the Radclice News. As she explained, "A small bit of humor was my last journalistic effort...