Word: lulu
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...ways of eking out such a meager sum. For years, the men in Albany's hideous State Capitol have voted themselves and their friends odd petty sums "in lieu of detailed itemized expenditures." In time this custom came to be known to legislators and correspondents as "the wonderful lulu system...
Last week there came testimony as to just what a lulu it was. One of two Albany grand juries, launched by Governor Tom Dewey to investigate legislative graft and Albany's corrupt O'Connell machine, reported that in 1943, under the lulu system, legislators and legislative employes had cost the state...
Hauled before the grand jury, some of lulu's recipients squirmed out explanations: "I didn't do much of anything"; "I ran a few errands." One flatly admitted: "I guess I didn't earn the money...
Vinegar-voiced Howard's "Board of Experts" are a help. They include his oldtime stooge, George Shelton; Jeeves-voiced Harry McNaughton, the "Bottle" of the old Phil Baker shows; and bawdy Lulu McConnell - veteran vaudevillians all. Their exasperating inability to answer timely questions. (Sample: Coffee rationing has been brought about by the shortage of what bean?) has been, for the past 15 months, a sanctuary for refugees from radio quizzes...
...daughter, Ruth, write the show, which he owns and sells as an $1,800-a-week package. There is no ad-libbing, nor any necessity for it. The four oldtimers can make any line sound like an ad-lib. Experienced listeners wait especially for Howard to crack down on Lulu McConnell with something like "Miss McConnell, if you ever get a chance to live your life over again...