Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...evening two years ago a bored United Press night man in Paris picked up a buzzing telephone to hear his London office calling. "Our subscription call from Spain hasn't come through," London told Paris. "We can't raise Madrid. Will you try?" A few minutes later the Paris international operator reported: "The Spanish operators don't answer...
...dead man's clothes. When she refused to leave they took her off to jail. When she got out of jail she had his body moved three times before she could make up her mind to hold the funeral at home. Then she invited her daughter to come, promising that "everything is forgiven." Mary Belle Jr. went, accompanied by a police guard...
...tournament favorites like Denny Shute (who had hoped to win this year's tournament for the third year in a row), Ralph Guldahl (who had hoped to add the P. G. A. to his U. S. Open title), and Gene Sarazen (who had hoped to come through again for the fourth time) all agreed that they were just as well pleased that they had not lasted until the final round...
...such a simple development-like putting an eraser on the end of a pencil," said Inventor Valentine. Since it costs only $200 to equip a camera with the prism, the price is negligible by Hollywood standards and Mr. Valentine expects that his improvement will come into general...
...Porgy and Bess) from memory. The rest of the vocalists, apparently under some pernicious radio influence, had not bothered to learn their songs, so that the Lyn Murray Chorus sounded ludicrous in the insinuating verses of Do It Again: "You won't regret it ... [flutter of turning pages]. . . . Come and get it. . . ." Least whistleable, least inspired Gershwin item on the program was Dawn of a New Day, the "Official March" he wrote for the New York World's Fair...