Word: isn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Republican organization-City Chairman Jay Cooke, descendant of the Civil War financier, and Vice President Joseph Newton Pew Jr.. of Sun Oil Co., who financed Wilson's last mayoralty campaign. Cried the irrepressible mayor: "I'm going to take all the oil out of Pew. There isn't anything to take out of Cooke. . . . Why, every time 'Jumping Jay' Cooke hands out a statement prepared by the high-priced utilities' publicity department, the stench of crude oil causes the public to say 'phew,' sometimes pronounced...
...tellin' me dat de lady what writ Gone Wid de Win is gointa write a squeal, twice as big and twice as long." Delighted Atlantans rushed to telephone Author Margaret Mitchell Marsh, talked instead to Husband John R. Marsh. Said he: "You can tell Amos and Andy she isn't working on a 'squeal' or a 'sequel...
...Solitude," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "It Don't Mean A Thing strongest factor in making a song a hit. (if it ain't got that swing)" are the most successful tunes among the 200 that the Duke's written. He isn't at all conceited about his success--he maintains that good publicity...
...dictum that is the book's real motto: " 'A man,' he said. " 'Sure,' said the "captain. 'Go on.' " 'A man,' said Harry Morgan, very slowly. 'Ain't got no hasn't got any can't really isn't any way out.' He stopped. There had been no expression on his face at all when he spoke...
...playing the soft-hearted, slightly baffled middle-aged man so accurately described by "Dear Old Daddy," the name of his 1935 offering. He makes no change in his ways in the current piece. And so we find the vigorous charm of the President turned into fuzzy sentimentality. That certainly isn't imitation, nor is it satire...