Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Congress will be shy a few of its predecessor's most flamboyant citizens (Ham Fish, "Cotton Ed" Smith, Gerald Nye, etc.). But it will have its own intriguing collection of new faces. Among them...
...since he was placed on the Army inactive list, was mobbed a la Sinatra by 500 screaming women who chased him through Hollywood's NBC studio. Said he: "They scared hell out of me. I was planning on a steak at the Brown Derby. ... I settled for a ham sandwich at home...
...admirals and the clergy arrived at 11. The others dined, played bridge, arrived at midnight. Supper was served before 1:00 for the elderly, who took a glass of champagne, a cup of bouillon, a roll, and their departure. The youngsters danced till daybreak, ate breakfast of ham & eggs, and hurried to Bailey's Beach for a swim...
Both parties have left us with a shopper's choice of taking either a White House ham or an Albany cold fish...
Waiters brought on cold ham in aspic and Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden brought up Poland. His toast: "To Mr. Gusev [Fedor Gusev, Soviet Ambassador to Britain]. One night he shared a flying bomb with the so-called London Poles. All of us hoped this common experience might bring understanding between Mr. Gusev and Mr. Mikolajczyk [Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, of the Polish Government in Exile] which would bode well for the postwar world." All of the 40 guests drank to Gusev...