Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From another box, eight plainclothesmen watched the proceedings. Italian law forbids "apologies for fascism," and the speakers had to watch their language. Most of the time, when they meant fascism, they simply spoke of "past glories...
...heavy favorite, Ted Schroeder of California had no reason to be jittery, but as usual he was. As he took the court for the Wimbledon singles finals last week, he nodded awkwardly toward the royal box, where Queen Mary sat watching, instead of bending in the customary bow. Then Schroeder devoted his full attention to stocky, left-handed Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia across...
...will be expected to work harder for his hospital than he had bargained for. He had not realized that the festival (which Hutchins calls "the greatest cultural event ever held in the U.S.") would be held at 7,930-ft.-high Aspen-a onetime ghost town recently bought by Box Tycoon Walter P. Paepcke and turned into a resort. Later he learned that he was scheduled to make his address twice, once in French and once in German, on different days. And last week it was announced that Dr. Schweitzer would be awarded an honorary degree from the University...
...John Boyles have got some money in the bank and $1,000 in bonds in a safe deposit box. 'Last year,' said Boyle, 'I bought my coal early. This year, I'm waiting. Prices are slipping every day and if you don't need something there is no sense buying it.' The Boyles also need new clothes, shoes, furniture for the living room and dining room, lamps, but-'We'll just get by,' says Mrs. Boyle, 'until the prices come down...
Stocky, Russian-born L. B. Mayer, then 39 and an experienced film salesman, was especially sure of one thing: glamorous personalities were the movies' surest box office winners. Not everyone agreed with him, but by the time the screen started talking, L.B.'s star system had made M-G-M the most powerful voice in Hollywood. The studio splurged on giving its films a plushy elegance and a high gloss. If some happened to be mediocre entertainment, they were well insured at the box office with such names as Marie Dressier, Wallace Beery, Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Joan...