Word: em
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hollywood Veteran Walter Brennan, homespun character actor for 20-odd years, considered cinemacting as a career: "I see 'em get the big car and the big house and the big head. Then they lose the big car and the big house and all they've got left is the big head...
...strenuous business of recording their views on national affairs and electing a new president. First came the resolutions. The ladies were against: world government (though "earnestly in support" of world organization), Communism, immigration, federal aid to education (as an invasion of states' rights) and radio shoot-'em-ups. They were for: merger of the armed forces, universal military training, the FBI, adequate pay for teachers, Secretary of State George Marshall, the House Un-American Activities Committee...
...Diamond Horseshoe (started in 1938), was grossing $1,250,000 a year, and ranked with Grant's Tomb and the Staten Island ferry as a Manhattan tourist attraction. Billy says of this period: "The race is over, I told myself. Stop running. You've won. Let 'em stick the wreath around your neck and snap the pictures. go on back to the barn and take it easy...
...mile and win. To avoid bumping or foul play in the match race of the year, a special rail had been built straight down the middle of the quarter-mile straightaway, making it a two-lane track. The race started with a roar from the crowd: "Look at 'em come...
...repaired. With the help of his two sons, he moved the new pigs into the open lot. He picked up one, looked at it carefully, and shook his head. "Pigs and hogs are the mortgage payers," he said, "but these pigs aren't much good. Look at 'em, no pep. They're just weak...