Word: bump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...witty talker, he seized on a bowl of popcorn to illustrate his working methods to reporters. "I begin with something like this," he explained, delicately selecting a kernel and gazing at it through tortoise-shell glasses. "I see just what expression it takes and develop that. Now this little bump here looks like a branch. Turn it around and we have a head, or a flower. But I don't want a head, a branch or a flower, so I mold it a bit"-giving the kernel a cruel squeeze-"or I may throw it away." And with...
American Airlines is scheduling several flights for the weekend, W. N. Bump, regional vice-president, announced last night. "We except to be able to meet all demands for seats on Saturday flights," he added. No extra manpower in the reservation department is needed to take care of the increase in applications for seats, he explained, because of the new electronic "reserviser." But despite the efficiency and fairness of the machine, he urged students to make reservations as soon as possible...
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Miller declared that a few weeks before the shooting, Bolton had offered him and an associate $13,000 "to bump off Walter Reuther." They refused. A couple of days before Reuther was shot, Bolton came to Miller's home, asked for two shotguns. Bolton left with the guns, saying: "I've got to borrow the typewriters. I've got to get rid of a red-haired Communist son of a bitch...
...show is very well produced. Alfred Drake makes an excellent Soren, and in her first Broadway role, Hollywood's Marsha Hunt looks and proves delightful. Playwright Scott gets in some funny cracks and lively scuffles, and knows what Hollywood is like; but every time his findings bump up against his formula, the findings take a beating. In the end, it's the formula that takes a beating...