Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bobo Finds One. Every rawboned, greenhorn pitcher who straggled in from the bushes was being compared with Walter Johnson; every ham-handed hitter was a potential Babe Ruth. At Orlando, Fla., Old Pitcher "Bobo" Newsom got in on the talent hunt. He strolled into the Washington Senators' camp with a rookie named Rufe Leonard in tow. Said Bobo modestly: "I don't say he'll be the fastest left-handed pitcher in the American League, because I'm not quite sure he can throw harder than Newhouser. . . ." Last week, Rufe steamed his smoke ball past bewildered...
...During a melee around the Ranger cage, in slid the puck. But the goal was disallowed; the referee had blown his siffleur (whistle). "Sacré maudit!" (damn it all) groaned the fans, holding their heads in agony. Cried one to the referee: "Gros jambon, tu pues!" (you big ham, you stink...
...After laboriously feeding young white rats a diet of ham & eggs, the Department of Agriculture arrived at a heartening conclusion: ham & eggs are a good combination, scientifically. Their proteins supplement each other so well that when eaten together they supply more nourishment than when eaten separately...
...George Washington Hotel, he threw a party for Southern stockholders. About 100 people showed up. (To forthcoming parties in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, nearly 14,000 stockholders have accepted invitations.) After a talk by President Mack on Pepsi's operations stockholders were treated to ham, cheese, roast beef and chicken sandwiches, coffee, Pepsi-Cola. President Mack himself, looking not unlike Movie Butler Arthur Treacher, passed around a tray of hors d'oeuvres . One happy stockholder's verdict of the party: "It kind of hit the spot...
...Illiterate. . . . We accept no paid Advertisements. . . . You cannot buy a copy of PUBLICK OCCURRENCES. It is not exposed on the Public Marts, nor is it hawked about by street urchins . . . but we might be inveigled into a bit of Honest Barter. ., . . If you produce a joint of Ham, a shaving Lotion, a good Bourbon, a jug of maple syrup or any other good and honest item then we are sometimes in the mood to have...