Word: fruited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rolling Eyes. After every show, Danny found his dressing room full of gifts from his admirers (a homemade cake, two pounds of butter, a diamond wedding ring, jars of canned fruit, popcorn, etc.). At his last show-scheduled for the usual 30 minutes-the audience held Danny for 91, while he went through his whole repertory of pantomime, mimicry and musical burlesques. He called up kids from the audience. Once, midway through a song, he doubled up with a great belly laugh. "You won't believe this," he howled, "but a little girl in the third row is looking...
Amid the sunshine and fruit trees on his 10,000-acre ranch near Arvin, Calif., Joseph Di Giorgio, 71, imperiously watched workmen pour concrete for what will be the world's largest winery...
...During the latter stage of the war Americans were laughed at by their allies for the fruit salad on their chests. Without hearing a shot fired, a man could, by arranging his area ribbons, marksmanship medals, cheap commendations and awards, appear in the eyes of the uninitiate as a combination Sergeant York-Commando Kelly...
Tantalized, the audience waited. The play was forgotten, all eyes hung hungrily on the luscious, yellow fruit in the actress' hand...
...irate audience suspected that the same fate was in store for two more, jealously guarded by the property man. The three bananas had been contributed by a drama lover of Great Yarmouth, who had made his three children give up their precious fruit. It was doubtful whether Actress Sylva had any right to eat them. By law, only children under 18 are entitled to bananas in Britain. Miss Sylva is over...