Word: hat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...combination of political bosses solely on the vote of the people, who loved him. Last month he had quipped: "I can run on a laundry ticket and beat these political bums any time." But the people had grown tired of his wham-handed whims, his snooping, his ranting. "The Hat" bowed out-or said...
Through all this, Mayor LaGuardia went smilingly about his business. He jeered at the three Irishmen (Boss Flynn of the Bronx, Boss Kelly of Brooklyn and O'Dwyer) who had patched together the Democratic ticket. Said The Hat: "It looks to me like a case of rape by acquiescence and consent, and a good time was enjoyed...
...portraits of Mussolini and the King of Italy, which he found hanging in virtually every Italian home. He marlp notes up front but did his drawings back in rear areas-not in foxholes, as has been reported. Says Mauldin, "Anybody who can draw in a foxhole has my hat...
...reported the death. She spent four days on the stand. In the county jail, her fellow-prisoners rallied to her support: throughout the six-week trial they kept her hair dyed and waved, tidied her cell, washed her nylons. Halfway through her ordeal they bought her a new spring hat to wear to court. While the jury deliberated, she read Lin Yutang's The Importance of Living...
...explained this extraordinary family expansion: "Anything can happen in wartime." Last week the Bungles stopped dead, in the middle of a quarrel (see cut). Cartoonist Tuthill, 59, may start a new strip. But no more Bungles: "George Bungle is old-fashioned in the same way a lady's hat gets oldfashioned. It is of good quality but the style isn't there...