Word: gossiper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ardent defense witnesses included the egocentric gossip columnist of the London Daily Herald, Hannen Swaffer, whose story was that he and a committee of four others had once tested Mrs. Duncan's spectral powers, tied her securely with handcuffs, sashcord and thread, watched her wriggle loose in three minutes. Concluded Swaffer: "There was ectoplasm, but no one appeared. Obviously she had been released by Albert, the spirit guide...
...annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago was steeped in penicillin, politics and progress. About 7,500 doctors jammed the halls of four hotels to saw up a two-year backlog of medical science and gossip...
Most of the House family gather in Sally's room before dinner to gossip about the day's events, then they move on to Spaatz's office for drinks around the big table with guests. Sally serves the first round, then guests do their own pouring. The General, who is usually cutting someone's throat at cribbage beside the fire, sets up a hungry cry: "Sally, bring the anchovies!" and Sally reaches for a can opener. Mrs. Spaatz keeps a steady flow of ingenious crackers, biscuits, anchovies, kippers, sardines, smoked cheese and the like crossing...
...weekly condensation of Pyle's columns went to the weekly News of Dana, Ind. (circ. 600), as to several hundred other small U.S. weeklies. Appropriately, Ernie Pyle signalized the week by a bit of gossip about his Dana neighbors...
...gullible snob, after being Air Minister, Secretary for India, Foreign Secretary, Lord Privy Seal, should have been, installed at last in Madrid as the spokesman of the democracies. . . . No need to wish to harm him. He is what Britain made him. His proper job now is to be a gossip correspondent for a smart newspaper...