Word: comeback
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...futile attempt to divorce Cary Grant and win the custody of "Mr. Smith," a canine known as "Skippy" in private life. The interlocutory decree is granted, and "Mr. Smith" is treated with all the consideration recently shown Miss Gloria Vanderbilt, but Cupid has ninety days to make a comeback. These are packed into sixty minutes of hilarious entertainment, thanks chiefly to the dialogue and the capable acting of Miss Dunne and her four-legged friend. "Skippy," who appears more at home before the camera than when he played in "The Thin Man" and its sequel, surpasses himself and brings...
...managers got most of it. He threw most of his away, then disappeared from U. S. sport pages after Negro Leroy Haynes knocked him out twice. Two months ago word came from France that Primo Carnera had been knocked out by a sparring partner while training for a comeback...
...greeted by National Peasant Party Leader Nicolai Lupu-who declared amid cheers, "You were deprived of your Cabinet post by trickery!"-set rumors buzzing. It was said that the Peasant Party will insure his re-election to a seat in the Rumanian Chamber and generally back his political comeback, although he never has belonged to the Peasant Party...
Dean Ralph Dennis of Northwestern University's School of Speech awarded to Charlie McCarthy, No. i U. S. dummy, the honorary degree of Master of Innuendo and Snappy Comeback. The citation: "He is ... a prince of parasites, violent in company, churlish in behaviour, acid in conversation, wooden-faced in all relationships, and in all other aspects a typical product of higher learning in America...
...division between Ed. Barnes '38, Arthur Page '40, and Dick Lindenfelser 38. The latter represented the Crimson in several matches last year, has suffered his share of setbacks. But Page, unbeaten as a Freshman and a tricky, strong-armed player, and Barnes, who will stage a comeback after two years on the sidelines, are almost certain to unseat the '37 grappler...