Word: hat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unaided eye. Stated differently, a sphere having the diameter of a common pinhead (1/12 in.) possesses nearly 4,000 times the volume of a human egg. One can compute further that all the eggs needed to replace the present population of the world could be held in a derby hat, whereas the sperm to fertilize them would not exceed the volume of a fairly small pill...
...Eden Hats." Seasoned London correspondents heard last week in Conservative circles that "of course Eden must go," the intimation being that Minister for League of Nations Affairs Anthony Eden will be paid for his service at Geneva in drumming up votes by promoting him to "one of the five ministries which carry the rank and pay of a full Secretary of State." Eden was being mentioned as Secretary of State for Dominions, with hopes voiced that if any Briton can charm Irish Free State President Eamon de Valera into complacence, charming Captain Eden can. Though all this seemed most premature...
...record time. But no yellow slip appeared. His face contorted with agony as the minutes passed. Finally, seeing an idle waitress across the room, he snatched up his napkin and rushed to her table. Over his shoulder he explained to his startled companious, "I'm going to see 'Top Hat' tonight; prices change at six-thirty...
Suffice it to say, seen the fourth time "Top Hat" is even more amusing than the first--more amusing perhaps since one waits for each line with a feeling of warm anticipation and is each time rewarded by being made to laugh again if not more loudly at least with greater glee...
With the possible exception of "I won't Dance" in Roberta, the "Cheek to Cheek" number in "Top Hat" is our favorite bit of Astairia. Ginger Rogers still has that faintly sullen expression, and her dancing has improved miraculously since her first faltering steps in the "Gay Divorce...