Word: lot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lot of water has flowed under the dam since then...
Three long tables were piled high with goodies calculated to water many a Nazi mouth: caviar, turkey, sausages, cream puffs, cakes, vodka, Rhine wine, punch, liqueurs, beer. Biggest culinary drawing card: real coffee pouring out of steaming samovars. Most of the guests talked a lot more about eating than about the war, official Hitler Photographer Heinrich Hoffmann describing, between mouthfuls, the gustatory delights of his favorite culinary combination - boiled potatoes and dry champagne...
...Western Powers in the South Seas until they stop pressing her in North China. This week the British delighted Japan by announcing imminent withdrawal of British troops from North China, on the flimsy pretext that they are needed in Europe. The British force, which has been a whole lot of cold water on the hot Japanese garrison at Tientsin, will be only a tiny drop in the B. E. F. bucket...
...loves directing, though he belittles it as "a lot of over-rated goings-on." His ability to keep things moving and get every last chuckle out of a funny line is based on pounding away tirelessly at details, and on an infallible ear for the rhythm of conversation. He will rehearse a play for 15 minutes without looking at the stage, only listening to the dialogue. Suddenly he will call a halt, take out one word which interrupts the flow. No actor has ever managed to ad-lib even a syllable into his lines without Kaufman's spotting...
...previously mentioned Miss O'Connell, we must admit, can't be judged objectively here. But in any band's land, she is good-looking, has lots of genuine personality and charm, and sings very well. We think that she is much better than that--in fact, we'd rank her right under Mildred Bailey, but we would be accused of prejudice. Point remains that here is the band that anyone of any taste can listen to and like, and that is something that Jimmy can not only be proud of, but from which he is going to make a lot...