Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Will Lawther comes from Durham, and is therefore a Geordie (native of northeast England). As such, he would tend to give his aitches the harsh Teutonic guttural overemphasis of his Nordic ancestors. Never by any misadventure would he drop an aspirate. If he must be rendered phonetically (as you so love to do with cockney taxi drivers, who all seem to say "bloody" every fourth word-and, for the sake of accuracy, I'd like to point out that bloody has been superseded since World War II by a four-letter word as yet unprintable), what he said should...
Communist agents and diplomats returning from the West always remember to bring Ana presents. Nylons are especially welcome; like many fat women, she has shapely ankles. Ana lives well and loves good food-although she scorns the luxury of most Rumanian Communists. Sometimes after a late meeting the comrades drop around to her house, and she thuds about the kitchen, throwing together a snack; she makes a wonderful omelet...
...Randolph Churchill, only son of Winston, would soon be a columnist without an audience. Because of "declining interest" (down to eight papers from a high of 35), United Feature Syndicate will drop his column Sept...
Haverford College gave a disturbing answer. He had just completed a survey, Behind the Academic Curtain,* of the 655 liberal-arts colleges throughout the U.S. His findings: of the thousands of students who enter college each year, more than half drop out before graduation...
...have a good collection of paintings (mostly of the Barbizon school), including a Sargent and a Sir Joshua Reynolds: Girl with a Bird. When the mayor of Omaha tried to censor some profanity from the Lunt-Fontanne production of Idiot's Delight, Oxnam got him to drop the attempt, declaring: "Censorship is more dangerous than an occasional realistic line. If the mayor decides to remain in politics, may I suggest a theme song for his coming campaign: 'Every little Damma must be taken from our drama.' Censorship is, in fact, 'Idiot's Delight...