Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Enterprise's news, Marjorie is working hard to develop its squad of eight rural correspondents, all hired because they had no experience. Last week, on one of his new radio programs, Editor Gould had all eight in for an ad-libbed chat. "How many people in Methodist Corner?" he asked one. "About 15 families," she told him. And how did she get the news?,Well, by telephone, mostly. "Are they all on the same line?" asked the boss. "Sure," she explained, "that's how I get the news...
...puts in a concentrated working day. Usually she is in her salon by 10 and works straight through, often without lunch, until 6. Her corner office is tiny (12 ft. by 15 ft.). Her desk has a bargain-basement clutter of sketches, snapshots and a teacup or two. For her big-spending customers, such as Mrs. E. F. Hutton, Mrs. Pierre du Pont and Mrs. James Van Alen, Sophie usually pops out of her office and plays salesgirl herself. She is quite a salesgirl, and can usually manage to charm the customers into wearing what she thinks they should. Before...
That was a year ago, and Miller's fame spread through the Georgia backcountry. Last fortnight he got up another shout in Summerville, a county seat in the northwest corner of the state. It started just before sundown, and by 10:30 the moaning and shouting and singing were going strong. Then Preacher Miller brought out the "salvation cocktail." He shouted: "Brother Davis, do you believe in the power of the Lord great enough to take what's in this bottle?" Farmer Ernest Davis, 34, grabbed the glass, took several gulps...
Opponents' weaknesses don't interest him. For one thing, "good players seldom have a real weakness," says Big Jake, who concentrates on putting his own best foot forward: "I always play my own strength, which is to the far right corner." This is the kind of positiveness that has made him a champion...
...took five years of energetic fence-mending, in every corner of the world where British troops were stationed, and two years of peace, for the public to forgive & forget. Last week, in a rollicking, fullblown show for BBC, "Our Gracie" was back, as bouncy as ever, in black lace, with her hair a halo of tight, bleached curls...