Word: gossips
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Times's Sunday Editor Markel (see above) had several ready reasons why nearly four times as many people read the tabloid Daily News as the Times. The Times scorns gossip, leg art and comics; but the fact is that even on the Times's home ground-the important news-the Daily News often says it better...
...called up old enemies of Lilienthal as witnesses. He bludgeoned him with gossip, crackpot letters, unsupported charges. He insisted on knowing the birthplace of Lilienthal's parents, aged 72 and 78. "It was in the vicinity of Pressburg, which is now a part of Czechoslovakia," said Lilienthal...
...married beautiful Princess Elizabeth of Rumania, whose domestic accomplishments (embroidery, watercolors and cookery) distinguished her from her flamboyant mother, the late Queen Marie. Nevertheless, George's marriage ended in divorce in 1935 (Elizabeth now lives in Rumania and reportedly has grown very fat). A minimum of gossip has attended George's relationship with his British mistress (said a friend last week: "She really feels more like a mother than a mistress towards him"). Not even a whisper of gossip attended George's friendship with International Lawyer Fanny Holtzman. The redoubtable Fanny once heard it said that...
Urge to talk. One of A.A.'s worries is preserving its members' anonymity. Members have a marked tendency to gossip and declare themselves. A.A. insists on anonymity as a reassurance to prospective members. Women members (who comprise about a third of A.A.) are another problem. A large proportion of women alcoholics drop out after a few months...
...political acquaintance spread faster than back-door gossip. He has covered every national convention since the Bull Moosers met in 1912, and was masterminding Landon's 1936 campaign before Hearst even knew the Governor's name. Roy is still the star reporter of the Star...