Word: ll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Taking off on vacation last month, the society gossip columnist of the Washington Times-Herald dashed off a cryptic farewell to her readers: "When I get back I'll be a CHANGED woman...
...browned off. After all, he had represented Australia in four previous Davis Cup rounds (1936, 1938, 1939, 1946); he was also Australia's national singles champion. What if he was 35, and getting a trifle rubber-legged? Complained Quist: "I've been reading that we'll be lucky to win one of the five matches . . . Personally, I look for a very close and dramatic three-day series...
...pretty fans had no trouble predicting the winner. Said she, loud enough for the players to hear: "Frankie's pants have perfect creases. That other guy looks like a bum." Replied Billows affably: "Lady, I've got a nicely pressed suit in my locker -and I'll wear it tomorrow in my semifinal match." Stranahan had already muffed three easy putts, let it bother him so much that he began bending his tee shots. On the 13th hole, he hooked into deep rough, was in more rough with his second shot, struck a tree with his third...
...obscurity to oblivion." But when Charles Austin Beard threw back his head, squinted down his long nose, and began to lecture at Columbia University, students jammed in to hear him. And when he perched on the edge of a desk to speak of his own research ("Now I'll tell you what I found out last night"), historians from all over the U.S. came to attention...
...been smoking marijuana since I was a kid. I guess I always knew I'd get caught. My [estranged] wife and kids are on their way out here now. The stage was set for a big reconciliation. Ha! With that temper of hers, she'll turn right around and head back East . . . How does marijuana affect you? Well, try it yourself some time...