Word: dude
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most confident of all of success at the polls tomorrow was Mickey "the Dude" Sullivan. "No cream puff bullet is going to stop me," he maintained. Mickey explained a "cream puff bullet" as one that smears but doesn't penetrate...
Started in 1931 by politically-minded Eugene Biscailuz, Los Angeles County Sheriff and unofficial gladhander, dude-riding posses gained momentum after San Francisco, not to be outdone, formed a mounted posse for the opening (1937) of its Golden Gate Bridge. Today, nearly every self-respecting California sheriff has a posse of gentlemen riders...
Portland's rodeo fans have witnessed many an unscheduled thriller in their arena but none to equal last week's performance of San Francisco's dude riders. In "threading the needle" (forming and maintaining a figure eight at full gallop), daring climax of their 20-horse drill, one rider misjudged his horse's pace. Men, horses and white sombreros went sprawling. One rider dropped his false teeth. When the horsemen picked themselves up, one hobbled off on a sprained ankle, another required three stitches in his gashed leg, a third had to have his cracked wrist...
...with his managers, after deducting training expenses). He owns $400,000 worth of real estate in Detroit and Chicago, has a $250,000 annuity, and has set up his kinfolk in various business enterprises. When he finally quits the ring, the Champ will retire to his 800-acre dude farm outside Detroit - "a place for my people"-which he hopes to turn into a profitable resort...
Oblivious of "Mickey the Dude," Coles Phinizy dined on duck and champagne last night, looking into the eyes of his post-mortem Harlow, and flanked by her publicity manager who has succeeded in flying his way into the soup of every man on both the CRIMSON and the Lampoon...