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...with dignity and decorum, like vintage antiques or old-master drawings. But Bennett Cerf s ego was a volume in itself, and he hawked his wares as if he were conducting the 1812 Overture-with dash, brass and lots of exploding canons. "Everyone has a streak of pure, unadulterated ham," he proclaimed. "Many won't admit it. I revel...
Growing Fast. In the troubled '60s there began to appear the "neo-Pente-costalists," most of whom prefer to be known as Charismatics. They share Par-ham's belief in baptism by the Holy Spirit, but they prefer to remain in their own churches rather than join a Pentecostal church. They are predominantly white and middle class, and they are growing rapidly. Starting within one parish in California in 1960, the Charismatics now number about 5 million...
Gosh! Shucks! Gee whiz! Jody and Ham a-settin' thar in the White House bitin' them nails and burpin' Tab while talkin' about folks who is "less eclectic philosophically" stirs the juices of us dung stampers in Wisconsin. Them is our kind of people...
Onetime Georgia Governor Lester Maddox no longer sells fried chicken; now he dishes out country ham. That about sums up the hokey singing-and-comedy act that Maddox, 61, tried out on patrons of Mr. P's Supper Club in Sanford, Fla. The man who in 1964 waved a pistol at blacks who tried to desegregate his Atlanta restaurant told a few corny jokes, played the harmonica and belted out Casey Jones and Dixie in a gravelly baritone. The crowd loved it. One reason, perhaps, was that Maddox's fellow songster and guitar accompanist was Bobby Lee Fears...
...raise hunting dogs: "I'm going to be the shrewdest damn political observer that has ever raised dogs in Vienna, Ga." Could it be? An ambassador who loathes neckties and a quipster with no audience for his one-liners but a pack of droopy-eared hounds? With Ham and Jody, as Washington is learning, anything is possible...