Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...known that he was made to order for the battle against Eisenhower. Said Kefauver's campaign manager, Gael Sullivan: "You watch what the big Democratic bosses do now-guys we haven't been able to crack. They'll say: 'How can we duck that sonofabitch Kefauver?' They think he's a Boy Scout, but they know he's got vote appeal . . . We will point out that the Republicans slapped down their machine bosses, and the Democrats have to reject boss rule too. The bosses in our party are smart enough to see that...
...Duck of Distinction...
...your June 23 article on the patch over the eye of the Hathaway shirt man: I thought you might be interested in knowing that Raymond Loewy, the industrial designer, has just designed a toy duck for a large toy firm. The duck will have a patch over its eye. The company expects to make 5,000,000 of them, and I wouldn't be surprised if cows and horses take...
...himself and his pal out of a romantic dilemma, he also impersonates Dona Lucia d'Alvadorez, his rich aunt from Brazil, "where all the nuts come from." Decked out in a long black dress and a red wig, "with a face like a hatchet, a voice like a duck and a figure to match," Bolger makes a highly amusing if improbable lady-something like a cross between Whistler's Mother and the late Edna Mae Oliver...
...building. One day Art received a call at his office from a neighbor, asking whether he was willing to agree on the date of "C-Day." "When I asked for more information," he says, "her voice dripped ice, and it was obvious she thought I was trying to duck my share of the expense. I explained I was not Frank White, but Art. Since she had known Bill White, too, this was too much for her to swallow, and she bade me a gracious good-bye and hung...