Word: cussing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...framed on the wall. For celebrities and tourists alike, Tia Bates had an unbeatable formula: good American cooking, soft beds, plenty of hot water and a serene atmosphere. And when things went wrong or servants fouled up the serenity, the boss lady could raise the roof and cuss like a bucko mate...
Hoover's basic convictions have not changed, although they have suffered many interpretations. His enemies attach him as a hopeless reactionary. ("That old cuss word 'reactionary,' " he notes.) His friends see him as a last hope of sensible liberalism. He is a large, whitehaired man, who appears to be a little disconsolate in the company of strangers. His voice is low and husky, and as he talks, he abstractly fingers a couple of worn coins. As on an old coin, the familiar face has grown a little indistinct. Heavily framed spectacles sometimes slip down...
Like Hoppy himself, Smoky Callaway becomes a TV craze on the strength of his ancient horse operas. Unlike Hoppy, Smoky in real life is an ornery cuss-a chippie-chasing roisterer on a steady diet of alcohol. What is worse, from the standpoint of Hucksters Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire, Smoky has been missing for years. When their sponsor insists on meeting him, they hire a Hollywood agent (Jesse White) to follow Smoky's alcoholic spoor wherever it may lead, and bring him back alive...
...Central (as everything from machinist apprentice to comptroller), was elected a vice president, as such will have the use of a private car. Later this month Martin will ride in the car to Newton to fulfill the rest of the prophecy. Said he: "I'd be an ungrateful cuss if I didn't." To make sure that Jessie Swem would be there, Martin sent out a query, found out that she is now Mrs. Claude Johnson, and living in Omaha, sent her a special invitation to his party...
Almost to a man, the troops seemed to admire Ridgway's handling of the truce negotiations, but groaned profanely every time the talks stalled. "Here we go again," some said, adding their personal cuss words. No one doubted that the Eighth Army, the most effective and self-confident army the U.S. has ever fielded, would fight angrily, hard and well if called on again...