Word: mention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...biggest thrill," said our affable southerner, "came when I hit my first major league homer off Yank Terry in Boston. There was one man on, and that won the ball game." "Crash" will also mention with pleasure his three hits off Ruffing in the opener of the '41 season at the Yankee Stadium...
Supposedly "starring" Maria Montez in a unique but hardly revolutionary role an her own twin sister, Hollywood seems to have burned out another goodly batch technicolor film on the old and oh-so-familiar South Sea Isle set. To be complimentary, honorable mention should be given to the trained monkey and glassy-eyed snake for outstanding performances...
Lady from Michigan. Mrs. George M. Dewey, 66, an energetic housewife of Owosso, Mich. (pop. 17,000) did not mention 'the fact that the home-town folks used to refer to her only child, Tom, as "that smart Dewey kid." (Father George died in 1927.) Sprightly Widow
When lean, pallid Lord Halifax emerged, reporters ran up to find out what had happened in Round Two. In his best dash-it-all manner, Lord Halifax replied: "Oh, I forgot to mention that. Rather an oversight. Too bad, wasn't it?" Thus coolly, the British Ambassador dismissed Mr. Hull's rage as a teacup tempest, and the incident was closed...
...Ministry continued to mention hits on "southern England," although everyone took it for granted that "southern...