Word: ear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Campaign by Ear. Tom Dewey was meticulously groomed, changing suits daily - brown, blue, grey pinstriped, al ways single-breasted. Always, when he alighted, the grey Homburg was in his hand. Never did he seem flustered. And in midweek the added confidence he drew from the Maine results (see Elections) showed visibly...
...correspondents noted that the "Listening Campaign" had a good effect; local groups appreciated the sympathetic Dewey ear. And the GOPsters invariably were pleased that they did not have a candidate for whom they had to apologize (like Landon) or whose lusty statements kept them in hot water (like Willkie...
...Great Fog displays Author Heard in both guises. As H.F. he makes the flesh creep; as Gerald in disguise he makes the conscience crawl. A few of the stories are straight mysteries and scientific thrillers, in which the principal elements are a woman's ear, a Siamese cat, a crayfish, a fog which covers the whole world. The other stories are trial balloons inflated by Gerald. They involve an eerie Gothic cathedral, with a mystic message for those who know how to find it ; an English spinster who is saved from suicide by tooth ache and theosophy; a couple...
...millinery grew scarce. Now a common sight in Paris streets are poke bonnets of brilliant-colored straws, some 18 inches tall, and veil-draped hats reminiscent of the voluminous headgear worn by turn-of-the-century motorists. Earrings are enormous and unorthodox. Some, as big as oranges, dangle from ear to shoulder. Shoes, because leather was scarce, are wooden-soled with wedge heels three inches high...
Inside her prim decor lurks a spry libido. She favors doctors and dentists, not because she needs pills or teeth, but because "they are so good-looking and so young." On her recent first trip to Manhattan, she surprised her transport pilot with her ready ear for smoking-car subtleties. So far she has said nothing in public except "H-m-m-m-m-m-m-m." This is delivered in the tone of a cordial spinster to the man under...