Word: fusses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...young Kovacs, making his Eastern debut under the protective wing of Coach Hudson, promptly got into a fuss with the tennis brass hats (for walking out of a tournament), was dropped from the Davis Cup squad. In mid-season he severed relations with his coach, reportedly on advice of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association. Upset by the ensuing publicity when Hudson threatened to sue the U. S. L. T. A. for alienation of affections, Kovacs was no great shakes in his first tour of the big-time circuit. Last summer, bothered by a tennis elbow, he did not compete...
...seen 96 cases of "glandular fever," so he wrote a paper describing the new disease, presented it before the county medical society. His elders scoffed at him, said he was making a great fuss over ordinary "biliousness," or influenza...
...Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, New York, eight other U. S. cities last week, hundreds of children and younglings seated themselves at pianos, pounded for dear life. Some had memorized as many as 20 pieces. Ear-weary judges, sitting behind screens so as not to fuss the youngsters. heard everything from The Happy Farmer to full-length concertos. The National Guild of Piano Teachers had been holding such local "Auditions" since last April. By next week, 10,000 piano students in 92 cities will have tinkled their stuff. Almost all will get certificates, suitable for framing. on which various colored seals...
...well in, the veteran actress, who since the age of five had been entertaining audiences with mimicry and handsprings, dashed off to France to entertain the doughboys. How she did it she later told with much gusto in her autobiography, So Far, So Good! "From the fuss that the fellows made over me, I'm sure they thought I must be at least the American edition of Bernhardt. Imagine their surprise when my performance consisted of telling stories filled with hells and damns. . . " The former Sweetheart of the A. E. F. devoted the ensuing years of peace to marrying...
...handsome prince. Met at Gravesend by George's most politely poisonous mistress, she took it on the chin from then on. At first sight of his betrothed, the swollen Prince retired to a far corner and asked for brandy. Their subsequent battles stirred up almost as much fuss in England as the contemporary Napoleonic Wars...