Word: expressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio nine months ago, many newspapers went slightly gaga, and some even disregarded history and hailed it as the "Romance of the Century." The calendar girl who rose to fame "in a birthday suit," crooned the Los Angeles Herald & Express had found bliss with a man who achieved success "in a baseball suit." Last week U.S. dailies figured they had an even bigger story about Marilyn...
...pressure of Harvard athletics, the unflinching policy of the Administration on Communism charges are other evidences of statements which were followed up with achievement. This is, of course, no cause for wonderment; one expects as much from the Administration. Still, there are occasions when it is permissable to express general satisfaction and Mr. Buck's appointment is such an occasion...
...these days when the language of government grows continually more complicated, it's refreshing to find someone who can express himself in simple, folksy style. President Eisenhower, quite a direct fellow himself, also knows the value of the kind of adviser who can come right to the point and say what's on his mind in a few well-chosen cliches...
...talked for half an hour solid," says a Hollywood reporter, "and in all that time Marlon gave exactly one and a half grunts." He now calls Hedda "The One with the Hat," and Louella Parsons "The Fat One." The two influential lady writers naturally feel some resentment, and frequently express it in their columns...
...turned out, their best period was during the Korean war, and even then the gloomy handwriting was in the company books. From 1949 to 1953 the cost of their nonmilitary business zoomed by 40%, while rate boosts amounted to only 26%. Unlike passenger airlines, which get express (39? per ton mile) and airmail (45? ) contracts to make up any passenger deficit, the air freighters could only make money by increasing volume. When the Korean war ended, the Tigers and Slick prepared for serious trouble...