Word: hellos
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Fall has definitely arrived in New England. Gospadin Brenner, one of our language miracle makers, says you can tell because people are beginning to say "Hello" when they meet one another instead of "Nice...
...that he would be given overall command of the Pacific war. MacArthur, the country's best known four-star general, expected that too. With his sense of drama he saw himself marching back through the Philippines. People who telephoned his headquarters in Australia were startled by the greeting: "Hello, Bataan speaking." Bataan was his passionate aim; after that, Tokyo...
Rarely has a man's hobby so helped his profession. For a while, Jimmie warbled on "Hello, World" Henderson's Shreveport station KWKH. His political opponents seethed: "You can't fight Davis-how in the devil can you fight a song?" In a recent election for public service commissioner in the Third District of Louisiana, Davis beat Huey Long's record (for the same office) by polling over 57,000 votes-20,000 more than both his opponents combined...
...telephone bell rang. It was such an absurd sound out there some men jumped. An enlisted man answered: "Hello . . . wait a minute," and he shouted: "Hey, where's that wireman, anyone seen that wireman...
...sure. Ad-libbed shows give them the aerial willies. So far, the quickness of mistress of ceremonies Arlene Francis, radio & stage actress (The Doughgirls), has stood them in good stead. One losing serviceman, who won an unanticipated $15 consolation prize, gleefully grabbed the microphone and advised his favorite bartender: "Hello, Clyde, set 'em up down there!" Miss Francis recovered with: "He means Maxwell House Coffee, of course...