Word: fats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...midst of a storm of booings and hisses Stage Manager Big Bill Thompson has been obliged to ring the curtain down rather hurriedly on King George. Unlike his royal son the sovereign has proved unpopular, even in the comparatively fat role of arch-villain. And there was racing and chasing behind the scenes until they found the very sets to be rushed on and save the reputation of the house--the big flood scenes of the Mississippi River. Human interest, gripping incidents and, looking east'ard to the sea, timeliness...
...time when he could assist as no other human; when he could be of infinitely more value than his own father in certain fields of welfare work. He can be of more value by lending himself to the needs of a boys' club now than he can by a fat donation in 1948. He can coach a basketball team or referee a game now, while in 1948 he will be too far removed from the point of view of a small gang of newsboys to reach them in any such way. Beyond his committee work and his financial...
...American Magazine for November reported the discovery, through geography and statistics, of "the average American citizen." The man was one Roy Lewis Gray, clothing merchant, of Fort Madison, Iowa, native born, aged 43, not tall, not short, not fat, not thin, not bald, not dark, not light, not Wet, not a Dry, with a wife, son, daughter, pipe, radio, three-year-old automobile. Average Mr. Gray visited Chicago last week. There he bought a picture postcard of his hotel, marked his window with a "X," mailed the card home. He wanted to see the Chicago park system, stock yards, municipal...
...fat man with pink cheeks and big ears cringed before nine women who snarled at him, at bay in a Bronx (New York City) police station last week. His name was Edward Koch and he had faked all nine out of jewelry or cash by merely telling them that he was a doctor come to their apartments to give them a physical examination. Like Mrs. Jean Sagerman (TIME, Oct. 24) all had submitted and been robbed while taking baths by his orders...
...audience going. Reminds me, when we were playing in "Sunny", Marilyn Miller and I, you know; we played all through the summer of 1925; hot as it was too, rather warm get me? Well one night there was a woman up in the balcony sitting right under the spot fat she was too, rather robust...