Word: ee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cities, the children clustered around him, waist-high and squalling, grimy fists tugging at his sleeve. "Hey, sah-jint, you want buy? You want num-bah-one shoeshine? You want change-ee money, sah-jint? You want nice girl, maybe? Hey, sah-jint, you want numbahone nice virgin girl?" Sometimes they snatched a pen or wallet from his pocket and scampered off down an ill-smelling alley. Sometimes the crippled ones, scabrous and foul with dirt, hunched themselves into his path and clawed frantically at his trouser leg. "Money, skoshi money, little money! Three days, eat have...
...Yankee legend with the 5 that Joe DiMaggio wore, the 4 that Lou Gehrig wore, and the 3 that Babe Ruth wore (a number now officially retired by the Yankees). That would mean years of recurring headaches for American League pitchers, years of merrily clicking turnstiles for Yank:ee Stadium...
...homeless, hard-bitten men who man them-a surly lot, mostly shanghaied aboard by brothel-keepers to whom the poor fellows have lost every franc. As vicious as any man caught in this vicious cycle is Common Seaman Rolland, who is lugged aboard the good ship Galatéee, bloody-faced and fighting...
Married. Thomas Franklyn ("Tommy") Manville, 58, asbestosexed playboy; and platinum blonde Anita Frances Roddy-Eden, 29, dancer and songwriter; in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was her first; she was his ninth. For a few tense seconds, Manville mistook his fianćee's twin sister and matron of honor, Mrs. Juanita Roddy-Eden Patifio, for the bride, but recovered quickly, lit a cigarette and got married (by the mayor of New Rochelle) to the right girl...
...Angeleno," recounted in detail how "the beautiful film star" (now 51) was appointed "honorary commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manchester" by the cruiser's officers, "the first time anyone has ever been made honorary commanding officer in the Navy." The award was made at a "gala soiréee" in "Miss Davies' spacious home" in Beverly Hills. On the guest list was William Randolph Hearst Sr., himself. But at an ailing 88, he stayed in his upstairs bedroom throughout the party...