Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...skilfully in a cow pasture, handed out cards bearing the words "Eat," "Bath," "Sleep." The Soviet consul arrived, jabbered in hearty Russian to the flyers while they splashed in a shower at March Field. They telephoned the Soviet Embassy in Washington, cabled proudly to Moscow, wolfed a breakfast of ham & eggs, went shopping. They had made the longest non-stop flight in history...
When food is at last sneaked them by a waiter (Alexander Asro) who has been promised a part in their show, Mr. Loeb, after the most voracious eating scene since Mclntyre & Heath in The Ham Tree, amiably suggests that a small part be written in for the chef. In addition to the mortal drolleries of these accomplished comedians, a flanking barrage of laughs is provided by the continual reappearance of a man from the We Never Sleep Collection Agency who is trying to repossess a typewriter, an elk's head which the director loyally refuses to pawn...
Hope for Hearts. When germs get into the lining of the heart and cause bacterial endocarditis, doctors promptly give up hope because they believe very few patients recover. Last week Dr. Louis Ham-man of Baltimore advised them not to despair in such cases. Reasons: in his autopsy work he frequently sees hearts scarred by infections, such as scarlet fever, incurred years before death...
Agitated telephone calls between London and British diplomatic agents in Saint-Jean-de-Luz were not made clearer by the fact that the captains of three of the stymied British freighters were named Jones. A consular clerk speeded matters considerably by naming them after their respective cargoes: Potato Jones, Ham & Egg Jones, Corn Cob Jones. Bravest of the lot, because he is part owner of his ship, was Captain David (Potato) Jones of the Marie Llewellyn. Attempting to run the blockade, he nearly ran down the British destroyer Brazen, was shepherded back to port where his cargo began to spoil...
...eight other children before the Civil War. Vice President Hart recounted last week how the twelve big & little Harts, upon debarking in Manhattan after a 60-day crossing in a sailing vessel which caught fire twice, marched into the first restaurant they spotted. Finding the only meat available was ham, they all marched out again...