Word: eye
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Time for Fun. Though Brazilians in particular still thought they had better keep a sharp eye for new Argentine tricks, most delegates now looked forward to a smooth-sailing conference that would leave time for fun in Rio. But hospitable Rio was not quite ready for its guests...
...needs is an opening sentence or lead, as it is known to the trade. Several possibilities are obvious at once. The sex angle is always a good thing to start with, but that would only make things hotter, and no one would want that, would he? Another sure fire eye-catcher would be, "Hot enough for you?" This, however, is too short. If the ed is to fill the column it must be padded a little here and there, and the beginning is the best place to do it--before the reader has had time to finish his first...
...poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling...
...31st birthday party. He labored so long, he explained in Paris last week, because "It's not just a horse, it's Man o' War. I loved him best. A perfect gentleman, impeccable in conformation, beautiful yet not effeminate, with an eagle eye and a noble carriage. Yet I must say he was not without vanity. He'd be dozing in his stall and some visitors would arrive. He would rouse himself, get to his feet and give them that look of the eagles-lofty and over their heads you know...
...twelve hours a day, six days a week.* Even off the air, Bell sounds and looks like a hood just back from escort duty on a one-way ride. With his sneering voice goes a curling lip (with black, headwaiter mustache to match) and a martini-cold eye. But the yegg is just a softie under his shell...