Word: dig
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, while Jazz Hot was doing its best to unfuddle bop, curious and carefully shellacked socialites, fringe-faced Left-Bank intellectuals, and, of course, les zazous éternels (hepcats) were packing Paris' big, modern Salle Pleyel to dig the "true groove" for themselves...
...instance, at the beginning of each stroke, the oarsman must flip his writs to turn the oar so that it enters the water absolutely perpendicularly. The slightest variation from a 90 degree angle will cause the oar to "knife in" and dig too deeply into the water. When this happens, the handle of the oar is apt to come up suddenly and hit the unsuspecting rower in the stomach, often lifting him unceremoniously out of the boat and depositing him in the river...
Obvious advantage of the oval wheels: they do not spin themselves into the mud, as round wheels do. They are "geared to the mud": the pointed ends dig into it while the flat sides, whose curvature is like that of a much larger round wheel, support the weight of the vehicle. Inventor Kopczynski says his experimental unit has about twice as much pulling power as if its wheels were round...
...devoted to whodunits, believes they have won a firm place in U.S. letters. "We talk of escape literature and look down our noses at it. But all literature is a form of escape. The readers demand it, I am interested in readers. To hell with editors. You can dig your own literary grave if you listen to editors. The detective story is a far more inspiring sermon than one from the pulpit. It reassures the reader about life, makes him believe that justice always triumphs. The western story and the detective story go hand in hand. They are full...
...plodding recital of his rise from $18 to $45 a week (in six years) as a newsman, followed by success as a roving reporter for the Satevepost (1919-1937). In 1928, another champion of doggedness got him started writing novels. Advised his Maine friend & neighbor, Booth Tarkington: "Dig up the biggest blankbook you own and get going. Put down Arundel, page 1, Chapter 1,' on the first page, and keep right on working until you fall asleep...