Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Where to Go. In Clinton, Tenn., burglars broke their way into the town jail, stole two slot machines, 30 quarts of liquor...
...when the great schism came, and Earl Browder fell, Abraham Heller resigned from the Party, cut off his financial support. While Browder and Heller were getting together on schemes for a new Soviet-U.S. publishing venture, the dead-broke Daily Worker began beating its drums for new contributors...
Hearstlings Walter Winchell and Cholly Knickerbocker broke the news: "Her Grace" was about to remarry. The supposed groom-to-be: Charles Andrews Munroe, 71, retired midwest utilitycoon and international-setter. Almost immediately the item withered. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Son Cornelius Jr., quoted by the World-Telegram: ". . . too silly for words." Mrs. Vanderbilt, quoted by Post Columnist Earl Wilson: "It's all nonsense!" Mrs. Morin Hare, supposed matron-of-honor-to-be, to reporters: "It's fantastic . . . ridiculous . . . an outrage . . ." Mrs. Hare added: "We're taking her up to Newport...
...mirror-like Lake Virginia, Angler McDermand spotted a huge golden trout which seemed to be the only fish in the lake. He dropped a fly right before its nose; there was a streak of speed; McDermand's line broke, and the big one got away. He is anxious to try again, but willing to have competition. Directions: get there no earlier than August 1, when the snows melt, no later than mid-September, when winter closes...
Trombonist Turk Murphy, who uses an empty gallon paint can for a mute, used to sit in with Bunk Johnson. Banjoist Henry Mordecai once played guitar, caught the jazz fever and bought three riverboat banjos so he could switch from one to another when his ferocious strumming broke the strings. Drummer Bill Dart has fingers like crowbars, drums almost exclusively on wood blocks and a washboard. Pianist Wally Rose, a man with a solid beat, also plays Bach and Chopin...