Word: flips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week by hearties from 1,200 camps, was distinguished by the joyous rite of selecting "Pauline Bunyan," a suitable mate for skyscraping Paul. Ann Mclver was chosen, a strapping beauty who proved her ability to do best the feats that Bunyan demands?sew tremendous buttons, mend great-gaping socks, flip mighty flapjacks...
...large cast two members stand out: Nydia Westman, as a flip but honest showgirl, and Clyde Dilson, as a suave but unpleasant Chicago gunman. There is also a knife-thrower who knows his business and a bucking broncho that isn't afraid of a first-night audience...
...great fall, was found dead. Then came the slaughter of the suspects−an annoying device which S.S. Van Dine used to better effect in The Greene Murder Case. Shrewd readers should be able to pick the culprit among the two remaining suspects; stupid readers would do well to flip a coin...
...book by that oldtime craftsman, Owen Davis, who makes up with situations what amusement he fails to supply in the conversation. Not the least in importance is its cast: Glenn Hunter, making his musical debut after years in adolescent "drama" roles; Inez Courtney, who has a gift for flip clowning; Charles Ruggles, an able farceur; Lillian Taiz, whose voice is uncommonly good; Joyce Barbour, who is not given nearly enough to do; and Cy Landry, a dancing droll...
Shiny, sanitary and serene are Childs' restaurants, home of white table tops, of gleaming nickel, of starched waitresses. In the windows, immaculate young ladies flip purest batter-cakes to the attraction, the invitation, of passersby. Old or new Childs' restaurants are superficially models of efficiency, of smoothness, of business divorced from friction...