Word: em
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...words "From one Eros to another," and ducked away from alert bobbies. Flower-Girl Polly was ready with 15 fresh roses to garland her hero. An official stopped her. "A bit frivolous," he said. "Got to draw the line somewhere, y'know, but we'll hang 'em on the scaffolding." There was some dull speechmaking. But what the crowd wanted most of all was a good long look at their old friend. Armed with a brand-new bow, he looked happy to be back. "In his exile," mused London County Council's Lord Latham, "Eros must...
John Alden Knight holds that there is "one nice thing about fishing-you can always put 'em back." He is not the kind of angler who takes the limit catch. But his splashingly successful four-month-old syndicated newspaper feature is helping fishermen in 35 states and three Canadian provinces hook more trout, bass and muskies than ever before...
...staff liked her. Said Rewriteman Bill Kennedy, after Aggie Underwood took over the city desk as its boss last week: "Aggie's not a woman. She's a newspaperman. No one would dare send her flowers on this occasion. She'd throw 'em at whoever...
...train ride home from his neighborly visit to Ottawa (see CANADA), Harry Truman paused for a look at Niagara Falls. He remarked thoughtfully: "I'd hate to go over 'em in a barrel...
...Arkansas, whom Randolph asked about witchcraft, put it differently: "Them things are goin' on same as they always did, but it's all under cover nowadays. The young folks lives too fast an' heedless. More than half of 'em are bewitched anyhow, so they don't care what happens. It looks like the Devil's got the country by the tail, on a downhill pull...