Word: fluff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London's swank West End auto showrooms, the proprietor flicked a bit of fluff from his immaculate morning coat. Said he blithely: "Shocking, of course, but perfectly aboveboard...
...succession of 21 gorgeous gowns, Actress Roy sang, danced and emoted, proved most popular when she limited her toilette to three strategically placed bits of white fluff...
...fluff-missing a cue, or stumbling over...
From such complete coverage stemmed much of the Times's stodginess, but Van Anda had worked on the New York Sun in the days of the great Charles A. Dana, and had watched the Sun go down because it cared more for fluff than fact. A fact man himself, "V.A." was quiet, modest, a hard worker. He spent every afternoon from 1 to 6 in the office, took four hours off for dinner and a nap; then at 10 he returned to bustle over the proofs, spot weaknesses, and stay until 5 a.m. to get all the news...
...expressed misgivings about the nation's mood. The people, he said, are complacent because they get only the rosier side of war. (Example: pictures from Sicily, where the Allies suffered 25,000 casualties, have been mostly fluff-Sicilians tossing posies at U.S. troops, throwing fruit at Mussolini posters.) Said Elmer Davis to the President, in effect: either give OWI a new deal, or kill it; it is not much good...