Word: chum
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...Louis, choleric Neville Miller, Louisville chum of quiet Mark Ethridge, and now $40,000-a-year president of the N.A.B., blasted the monopoly report. Snapped Fly: "These men, to divert attention from the fact of monopolistic control in their hands, conjure up insistently the bogey man of Government operation." Retorted Miller: "It may be that those who think Government operation is essential are conjuring up the bogey man of monopoly...
...WCNW. Pointing out that WCNW had broadcast Chinese and Negro programs, while WWRL was busy airing Father Coughlin and similar stuff, the Post demanded that the case be reexamined. Last week WCNW's Owner Faske followed suit, requested FCC to reconsider its decision. Although Owner Faske is no chum of FCC, the Commission at week's end wearily prepared again to try to clear the cluttered air around Brooklyn...
...John Jacob Astor (who in 1937 was with John Roosevelt in Cannes the night there was a rumpus because someone squirted champagne on the Mayor), passed his physical examinations, headed for Fort Dix, N. J. with 191 other volunteers. "Come on, blue blood," yelled another rookie. "Right with you, chum," answered Drayton...
...Porter's transition from virtue to villainy took place in the course of seven weeks. To begin with, he was the kindly chum of Linda Dale, whose husband, a wealthy mill owner, had skipped out on her. Taking Linda to the movies, plying her with goodies, the doctor made such an impression on the young matron that she decided to get an Enoch Arden divorce. Then Husband Eric Dale popped out of nowhere, eager once more for Linda. Upset and unnerved, Linda rejected his advances, proceeded to New York to brood...
...shoe Fritz..." said his chum...