Word: felted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surprise last year was the high place for Winthrop House, which many students had applied to because they felt it was easy to get into. According to this year's poll, several freshmen have chosen Dunster for the same reason...
...Formers," proclaimed the Daily Express, "ar welcum to Docter Folics nu Inglish. WE PREFER IT AS IT IS." But the Evening Standard felt constrained to point out that "spelling reform is supported by many of the leading intelligence of the country." One of these, of course, was G. B. Shaw, who long ago had pointed out that under the present system the word "fish" might just as well be spelled GHOTI; GH as in enough, O as in women, TI as in nation. GH-O-TI = fish...
Igor Stravinsky was trying to explain to a Los Angeles judge just how it felt to be a popular composer...
...lower hierarchy." Said he: "When somebody feels himself a serious composer of classical music and suddenly is publicized as a jukebox composer-you know that hurt me." Furthermore, his use of the term "morally low" had nothing to do with personal morality; it just described how he felt when he found his music on the same shelf as that of the Cole Porters and Irving Berlins, fine fellows though they might...
...Manhattan, Macy's put on sale the latest samples of Ben & Joe's scientific endeavor, a combination felt hat and ballpoint pen. There was a beanie for girls (the Pen 'n Dink, 69?), a Robin Hood hat for boys (the Alpen, 59?) and even a beret-style (with better felt) for adults ($1.69). All were rakishly decorated with a long feather tipped with a ballpoint pen. Benay-Albee has stepped up production to 180,000 feather hats a week...