Word: girling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...descendants of the original settlers, only the family of Dr. James R. Jones, a young dentist-farmer, clings to the old ways. "Doutor Jaime," his black-haired wife Judith (nee McKnight) and their two children still speak English at home; Doutor Jaime's brother, who married an Italian girl, speaks it only haltingly, "because I have no practice...
...women of Hollywood continued to talk back to Lady Astor, who recently criticized "this modern striptease age." Said Dorothy Lamour: "A pretty girl tastefully posed in a scanty costume is a thing of beauty. It is even a sort of cultural achievement. Why, I donated several of my sarongs to museums who said they wanted them to add to the cultural level of their community." Virginia Mayo agreed: "We admire beautiful sculpture or the sight of a splendid tree. I think a striking presentation of the body hurts...
...makes several fumbling forays across the state line into Oklahoma!. The show is actually best when it has a straight Broadway blare and stomp and when the cast, which could use more personal glamour, can show its professional savvy. Somehow Texas just can't find the right girl or gag in the pinches; it dawdles when it needs to spurt, and turns cheap when it ought to be charming...
Prior to the opening of the exchange the NSA group will conduct a drive for textbooks and used books the week preceding Christmas vacation. Lists of books particularly desired for the center will be published and each girl contacted individually during the drive. Seniors who deposit books at graduation will be mailed checks on completion of book sales...
...Another girl, when contacted at Gilman House last night termed Crowe's statements "a filthy lie." According to this informant, who has recently moved from New York to Chicago, "clothing has nothing to do with morals. Environment is the key to morals," she protested, "not clothes. We're never tempted here at Radcliffe...