Word: master
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fare of Power. Tito has obliged. Since the lean days of mountain fighting, his girth has increased considerably on the rich fare of power (and on sweets). He likes good eating. At official banquets, he serves whole roast boars, huge Polish hams, gallons of Dalmatian wine. Like his master, Tito's favorite Alsatian dog Tiger has also put on weight...
...Master & Pupil. In Chicago, Mrs. Louis Knake sued for divorce, complained that her husband had taught her how to bowl, had walked out when she beat...
...little later, over tea and cakes, it was the Japs who were surprised when Stoddard thought to ask Hirohito's master of ceremonies Hidenari Terasaki whether the Emperor wanted a man or woman tutor. (Jap princes are traditionally removed from feminine influence, even their own mother's, at an early age.) Says Stoddard: "Terasaki thumped his teacup down on the mahogany table, really baffled. When he returned after consulting Hirohito, he said the Emperor wanted a woman...
Minister of Food Evelyn John St. Loe Strachey was also squirming unhappily over the bitter bread-rationing controversy. Proudly he had announced that the first three weeks of rationing achieved a 33% saving of flour. Cried the Tory press and the National Association of Master Bakers: misrepresentation. They pointed out that holidays always made August a low flour consumption month and that housewives had simply used up back stocks. While the people concluded that the truth lay midway between Strachey's optimistic figure and the bakers' gloomy 10% estimate, they remained unconvinced that bread rationing had ever been...
Houdini's method is to rile his opponent by musical insults. He won his first war by being so insulting to two opponents at the same time that, after 45 minutes, they stopped to congratulate him on his virtuosity. His toughest battle was against the old Master, Lord Executor, until he found a fatal weakness to sing about: Executor's big toe had just popped out of his canvas sneaker...