Word: life
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although we all knew that for her life was not simple, we were surprised at her cheerfulness...
...have just bought a country place with 15 acres of land-fishing and swimming available-which should be paid for within five years; and we have done this on less than $5,000 a year (we could have made more but we want time to enjoy the good life...
Portia Faces Life. In St. Louis, Mrs. Lillian A. Shenker, serving her first day as provisional judge in City Court, explained why she had fined a man $50 for beating his wife but had dismissed the case of another man charged with cuffing his girl friend: "The wife . . . has to live with [her husband] and can't escape . . . but the other man had beaten his girl before and experience should have taught her what to expect...
Archie: "In all your life . . . had you ever been undressed by a strange woman?" Said Judy, firmly, "Never...
...time she was 19, Ruth Steinhagen, in her craving for excitement, had left a whole generation of mere bobby-soxers far behind. She found life inexpressibly boring. She was a $37.50-a-week insurance-company typist who wanted to be a model, but thought she was too "nervous." Besides, while she was almost six feet tall, she was skinny, and her dark, curling hair framed only a flat face with a big nose...