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Word: hotfooted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grace Moore, sweet singer from Jellico, Tenn. landed in Manhattan, said she would conclude her U. S. appearances posthaste and hotfoot back to Europe in the hopes of driving an ambulance, because she wants to "do something for France."* Said she: "The French are the bravest people I have ever seen, the most gallant. ... I owe so much of my artistic life to them." When Miss Moore was asked if she were a good driver, her husband, Spanish Cinemactor Valentin Perera, interrupted: "No, she isn't. I am not going to ride in her ambulance. I will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 18, 1939 | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...high-powered talent agency of Myron Selznick & Co., which claimed that it got Producer Brown his $2,250-a-week-and-up contract with 20th Century-Fox. Ordinarily for a talent agent to sue a producer would be comparable to a camp follower giving a general the hotfoot. Last week's suit was one more proof that the hotfoot is Agent Myron Selznick's specialty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hotfoot Man | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

...Manasquan, N. J., Assistant Fire Chief John Black of North Arlington was in swimming when a fire alarm sounded. In his bathing suit Chief Black dashed to the fire, climbed a ladder, entered the blazing building barefoot. Few minutes later he was carried out suffering from cuts and hotfoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1938 | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

Whenever weary Congress adjourns, most of its members will hotfoot for home not only for vacation but also to stump their bailiwicks for reelection. With Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt as vocal as ever, wives of Congressmen have apparently begun to feel they should follow her example. This week, despite elaborate attempts at secrecy, it leaked out that a number of them have been taking elocution lessons so they will be ready when asked to say a few words "back home." Conducted by Mrs. Hugh Butler, long a teacher of public speaking at George Washington University, the classes have been held weekly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Back Home | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...Hotfoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 8, 1937 | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

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