Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Safety Bay, 21 mi. away, instead of in the Nome River. There they dined on reindeer meat with Territorial Senator Alfred Julian Lomen; witnessed an Eskimo "wolf dance," performed for the second time in 20 years; heard oldtime wireless operators pay tribute to Mrs. Lindbergh as "a good ham [amateur operator]. Her signals were clear and nice." Colonel Lindbergh announced casually that from the Orient -he and Mrs. Lindbergh would fly on across Asia to Europe, fly home across the Atlantic via the Azores...
...back cover of the current issue was drawn a burlesque advertisement of "The Ham What Am!", with a large photograph of Crooner Rudy Vallee. When Editor Anthony read that Vallee's mother was dying, he raced to the printer, had the face deleted from the picture, intending to let the whole page pass as pointless. To his distress, he found the result still easily recognizable as Vallee...
...Lect. Hall Mr. Brown, Sec. R New Lect. Hall Mr. Buchanan, Sec. M.S New Lect. Hall Professor Chamberlin, Sec. AA New Lect. Hall Mr. Crane, Sec. D. E. K New Lect. Hall Mr. Daly, Sec. J. L Memorial Hall Mr. Elisworth, Sec. B. C Memorial Hall Dr. Ham, Sec. A Memorial Hall Mr. Leighton, Sec. V. Y Memorial Hall Mr. Phinney, Sec. Q. X Geel. Lect. Rm. Mr. Smith, Sec. H Geel. Lect. Rm. Mr. Towle, Sec. U. Z Geel. Lect. Rm. Dr. White, Sec. O.W Harvard...
...beetle-browed Mayor Baker lost no time in making himself the personage of the party. He wore a 10-gallon hat, was elected chairman of the delegation, gave out the big interview during the party's two-day stay in Manhattan. Excerpts: "It may seem like taking a ham sandwich to a banquet, but you'll notice that all of us who have wives are taking them along, too. The party is sure to be dignified and the ladies may lend some grace to an otherwise motley assemblage. All classes, kinds and politics are represented here...
...Scandal Sheet" had a great chance for a first rate show, but in the last few reels it went haywire due chiefly to ham dramatics and a few inexcusable scenes. The fade out finds George whiling away the hours in Sing Sing as Managing Editor of the prison paper...