Word: ma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Braking Time. In Toronto, Mrs. Marion (Ma) Vincent admitted in court that she had been a bootlegger for 15 years, but declared: "I ceased selling liquor six months ago, and two months ago I definitely stopped...
...drim wil kum tru. Ma I mak a sugesion? Abolish ce artikls. As a foriner, ce hardest cing in English to lern is ce usage...
...More Skunk Fur. Hollywood's old tribal customs and pecking orders are changing, too. The Brown Derby now buzzes with talk of TV, and Gus, its maítre d'hótel, gives his best tables to the TV stars. Tourists who once paid to ogle the movie stars' homes now want to see the live TV shows and ogle the homes of Jack Webb, Lawrence Welk and Liberace...
...orgy of stargazing from the roof of his Parisian town house. More concierge than wife, Mme. Héristal rations out new telescopes with a parsimonious hand. Daughter Clotilde, 20, is addicted to Hollywood horse operas and has already Saganalyzed her life in a bestseller written at 15, Adieu Ma...
...fresh-water lagoon. The next thing he sees is a nun, and for all the surprise he shows, the audience might think that nuns just sort of naturally came with tropical islands. But Deborah is dramatically startled to see him. "Naow, le's jus' take it easy, ma'am," says Mitchum in that half-asleep Mitchum way. She hastily explains her unchaperoned presence -war, and all that sort of thing. Yawns lackadaisical Castaway Mitchum: "Tha's tough, ma...