Word: jam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mouth down in the drainer. She checked if there were any crumbs on the counter to attract ants and, finding a few by the toaster, brushed them with one hand into the other, and down the sink, after the milk. With a wet washcloth she erased a smear of jam she had noticed near the toaster. She switched off the counter lights and said, "I'm not drinking. I'm going...
Once on the inside More makes it plain that it has nothing to offer those who want to learn how to be better writers. Nor does it have any desire to be critical about America's press, advertising or television. What it does want to do, however, is jam the issue so full with big names as to appeal to anyone interested in the latest gossip in all three areas. Those curious about the seamier side of the press will enjoy reading about "Ben and Sally." T.V. viewers will no doubt want to read about Walter and Walters. Advertising moguls...
...reason we're gonna win is because we love music," boomed Candidate Bella Abzug, displaying her usual optimism if not faultless logic. Seeking to jazz up her campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination, Bella stopped in at Eddie Condon's in Manhattan for a jam session with the house band, Red Balaban & Cats. While Bella boogied, Balaban introduced a new campaign song, sung to the tune of I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. Sample lyrics: "I wish I could legislate like my sister Bella/ She can write better laws than any right-wing fella." Chances...
...Andrew was close to tears, but Searles was only following the sock-it-to-'em pedagogic philosophy of his boss, Hyde Founder Joseph Gauld, 50. Faced with a rebellious applicant, Gauld once shouted, "Listen, I'm telling you either change your attitude around me or I will jam it down your throat...
...Stars learn how to parade into a small Midwestern town. First they Tom it up, as if auditioning for a minstrel show, then the team starts strutting with a fine, brassy pride, sweeping the local citizenry along. Handled right, that scene could have had the jazzy fervor of a jam session at high noon. Director John Badham, however, seems mostly concerned with producing the kind of fancy optical effects that used to punctuate Busby Berkeley routines...