Word: hangnail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Garrison holds a press conference next to a sewer opening in Dallas. Once again outlining the 42-assassin theory, he points to the sewer and declares, "they went that-a-way, and I'm following them." H leaps in. Ho Chi Minh is reported bed-ridden with an infected hangnail. White House sources say the war should be over by Noveermber...
Before Medicare took effect on July 1, there were dire predictions of imminent chaos. Every oldster with a hangnail or bellyache would demand a hospital bed, pushing admissions beyond capacity. Thousands of hospitals would fail to meet federal standards and thus be unable to serve Medicare patients. General administration of a plan covering 19.1 million persons could easily break down. In the first eight weeks of the program, Medicare has had its problems, but they have been surprisingly few and far less serious than expected...
...week's end the poor punk is driven to a desperate remedy: set a cop to catch a cop. Unfortunately, Inspector Fred ("Nosy") Parker (Lionel Jeffries), who qualifies handily as the stupidest flatfoot seen on screen since Edgar Kennedy turned in his badge, couldn't catch a hangnail in a square mile of linsey-woolsey...
Soupy Sales is a short-haired fellow with a kumquat nose, a moron-the-merrier expression, a crushed stovepipe hat, buttoned collar and huge bow tie. His métier is sick slapstick. He gets laughs by biting off a neighbor's hangnail or hitting an old lady with a custard pie-not in the face, but up under her arm, as if the pie were a small bucket...