Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ham Maxim...
...ham actor, finding his actress daughter dead by her own hand, fakes her murder; then at a dinner of suspects, just as he seems on the point of accusing someone, turns out the lights and fakes...
...group, of course, does not in the least step on the skirts of the Teachers' Union. The first will be a power in itself, and the Union will cooperate through its alliance to the awesome lobby of the A. F. of L. Together they should be able to ham-string any politician or at least provide the highly necessary and hitherto non-existent deep blue...
...continued hopefully to expose themselves to the lightning. Michigan's Senator Arthur Vandenberg kept mum in Washington, but photographs of the Vandenberg home were beginning to circulate through the Press. In Columbus, Old Guardsman Ogden L. Mills pounded away at "demoralized" New Deal spending. In Manhattan, Representative Hamilton ("Ham") Fish Jr. hazarded an eight-point landing on the Republican platform. In Sacramento, Governor Frank Merriam announced that he was not opposing friends' efforts on his behalf. In Chicago, Publisher Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden opened up campaign headquarters...
...lives quietly with his blonde wife, Cleo, has no children, likes baseball, Buicks, apples, ham & cheese sandwiches, vacations in Manhattan...