Word: brouhaha
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...baffled investor could make of this brouhaha was that the market was in an interesting condition. And from the frequency of the labor pains, he would not have long to wait to see what the offspring looked like...
...real name: Ludmilla Babkova) was born in Prague. Her father was a Milquetoasty little fellow who worked in the city hall; her domineering mother was determined that Lida should be a radiant somebody. She became one, in motion pictures. Seven years ago she was the center of a great brouhaha when goatish little Paul Joseph Goebbels was beaten up (either by her burly husband, Gustav Frölich, or by friends of his) for being entertained in Lida's chambers. Berliners coined a crack-"Ich möchte so gern fröhlich sein"-which can mean either...
When dimpled, dilettantish Chicago Socialite Washington Porter II found himself fresh out of cash last year, he went to Mrs. Frank Granger Logan, who also loves art (she authored the 1936 Sanity in Art brouhaha), and asked her to buy his curio-crammed museum-mansion until he could raise the money to buy it back. Mrs. Logan found $17,500 and Wash Porter took other quarters. Last week, because he was sure the Logans were planning to sell some of his fanciest items, Collector Porter resolved to reoccupy his lakeshore fastness, and taking friends and reporters along broke...
Chief beneficiary of all this brouhaha is Doughnut Corp.'s board chairman and controlling stockholder, Adolph Levitt. Operating a chain of bakeries after World War I, Levitt found that Salvation Army lassies had made doughboys doughnut-conscious, that the new market thus created needed a mass-produced doughnut, uniform and digestible. After engineers produced for him an efficient doughnut machine, Pioneer Levitt organized Display Doughnut Machine Corp. (later Doughnut Corp.) to sell it to independent bakers. In 1925 Levitt put out a standardized mix, later supplied patrons with optional trade names (most famous: Downyflake, Mayflower...
...blackjacking. This bravura policy is said to have caused Mr. Golding's removal. Previous to Chicago, he had operated in Cleveland, where he secured 112 indictments. The Golding fame rests largely on the Golding flair for secrecy. But never did soft shoe men indulge in such a brouhaha of publicity as did Mr. Golding in Philadelphia. He issued detailed announcements. He had his sleuths grouped and photographed at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. It was obvious that Mr. Golding wanted to give Philadelphia's 'leggers an even break. People said it was because Philadelphia is Republican...