Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Petals & Kisses. As the barge plied upriver, hundreds of shikaras (gondolas) milled around; their jampacked passengers wanted a good look, and they pelted Nehru with flower petals. Police in speedboats dashed back & forth, keeping shikaras at safe distance...
...liking prohibition anyhow. The state's church-going United Drys (many of whom fasted and prayed for victory at the polls) were fiercely proud of living in a prohibition state.* So, naturally, were the bootleggers. And many an Oklahoma drinker liked prohibition too-there was plenty of good liquor, prices were reasonable, and instead of going out to buy a bottle he could have one delivered promptly to his door. Last week, by a margin of 55,400 votes, Oklahomans of all persuasions decided once more that prohibition was just too good to give...
...scrutiny by providing Mayfair with its best gossip. Sometime ago one of his showgirl friends shocked London by climbing into the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey for a publicity gag. Several weeks ago the enterprising peer titillated the town again and got his latest business off to a good start by sending out invitations that read: "The Marquess of Milford Haven invites your company at the opening of a new launderette in Hammersmith." He avoided the ever-present snares of bachelordom on both sides of the Atlantic. "I steered clear of dowagers who might have had ideas," he explains...
...Jhelum's steep banks thousands of Srinagar citizens watched the procession, occasionally set off firecrackers. Carefully coached schoolchildren shouted "Jawaharlal Nehru Zindabad!" (Long live Jawaharlal Nehru) and "Sher-i-Kashmirl" (Long live the Lion of Kashmir-Sheikh Abdullah). Merchants took advantage of a good opportunity, strung their rugs from house windows for all to see and buy; some erected huge banners across the river, with slogans like "Welcome from Ali Mohamed-best Persian and Kashmiri carpets...
Twittery Cinemactress Billie Burke, svelte and pretty at 63, revealed that, among other exercises, she stands on her head every morning. "It gets the blood to the brain," said she. "That's good for any thinking that has to be done ... I suppose it's also good for my feet and the rest...