Word: esteli
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...amused by Latitude Zero than Ted Sherdeman. During rehearsals, which are gagged up to the limit by the cast, he sits amiably giggling at his delirious brain child. He is fond of such tricks as introducing a kind of Latin double-talk for his eerier characters. Sample: Fora consumatio est ramus malin rite confedo saluero. The show was put on a coast-to-coast hookup after 17 weeks on a local circuit, and has a large and loyal following in the Pacific area...
...quarter in 2 min., 2/5 sec. (the last quarter in 24 seconds flat). It was 1/5 of a second faster than the Kentucky Derby record set by Twenty Grand just ten years ago. Said Jockey Arcaro, grinning from ear to ear: "He's the runnin'est horse I ever rode...
...York City's police crowded the line up last fortnight to get a look at the old est criminal on their books...
...remember his French grandmother, Mère, who had to sit day & night strapped in a chair so that she could breathe. "One night [Mère] woke suffocating. Mother said: 'It will be all right, it will pass. . . .' But Mère gasped: 'C'est la mort.' Mother leaned to her and whispered: 'Tu n'as pas peur?' Mère steadied herself on the arms of her chair and said distinctly and firmly...
...fifth in major-league baseball. Bob Feller won 27 games for the Cleveland Indians-a record unmatched by any other big-leaguer. He also led the American League in strike-outs (263) and earned-run averages (2.62). Some experts consider 22-year-old Bob Feller the pitchin'est pitcher that ever lived...