Word: hothead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Minister of Labor Aneurin Bevan, usually a hothead orator, softly sneered that finding a reply to Churchill was like "trying to climb up a smooth, flat surface; I can get no hold ... at any point whatever. He went on from generalization to generalization . . ." Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell said: "I have never heard from [Churchill] a speech ... so completely lacking in serious argument." As the government barrage ripped into him, Churchill squirmed, slapped his waistcoat, fumbled in his pockets, finally got to his feet, turned and looked behind him. Spellbound, the entire House watched Winnie's antics. Gaitskell...
...Hothead. In Socorro, N. Mex., Gabe Monlia, vexed by his mother-in-law's interference in his married life, admitted burning her house down...
...reformer (Dick Powell) is a cynical young office-seeker posing as an advocate of good government but willing to make a deal with a shady political boss (Ray Collins). The redhead (June Allyson) is the zookeeper's daughter, a naive hothead who is ardently humane to the wild animals that her father takes home whenever they need a rest cure. When Boss Collins gets her father unjustly fired, June appeals to Powell for help, takes a hand in his mayoralty campaign, and finally reforms him into a real reformer, and, presumably, an ideal husband...