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Eddie Bracken, a would-be Marine hero, has been discharged from service because of chronic hay-fever, and is working at a war plant near his home town. The home-coming at the railroad station--the mayor orating, crowds cheering, the "hero" trying to get away, bands playing, the poor master of ceremonies tearing his hair as everything goes awry, and everyone (but Eddie) having a wonderful time--is a masterly bit of parody...
Sinus Infections. Many people with chronic sinus ailments have had penicillin injections, lost their headaches...
Jealous Father. When his daughters grew older, "Woodrow showed an unsuspected side of himself . . . turned into the conventional father who dislikes his daughters' beaux." He lost all interest in promising undergraduates who hung around his girls, gave the "steadies" sarcastic nicknames: "Old Faithful"; "Chronic." He was also shocked at the idea of a young man "lolling" at one end of the telephone and "summoning" a young lady to the other end. "This is Woodrow Wilson speaking," he would enunciate icily. "Can't you walk over?" Then he would emerge from his study slightly ashamed, muttering: "I fancy...
...offered only one note of relief. He assured his listeners that the agricultural collapse after this war "will not be as precipitous or as great as that which occurred following World War I." Even so, for ten or 20 years after the defeat of Germany, agricultural surpluses will be chronic, said he, relieved only by wars and occasional Government accumulations of large food inventories...
...Alcoholics Anonymous definition of an alcoholic: "A person to whom alcohol is a problem in any department of his life and who is unable to stop drinking." A chronic alcoholic: a person "who has been harmed either physically or mentally through alcohol." An excessive drinker: "A potential alcoholic...