Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...word "prang," as applied to crashing, is strictly limited. I haven't heard it used for two or three years, but mention of crashes and crashing leads me to a mild rebuke. No mention of our slanguage is complete without mention of our most famous phrasing, and that is the expression "gone for a Burton." When anything or anybody is through for good, it or he is said to have "gone for a Burton." ... If one of your "oppos" (universal term for buddies) is killed, you don't say he was killed, you just say, "Poor...
...purely mechanical administrative conveniences of arranging all courses as half-courses are too numerous to mention" Reginald H. Phelps Assistant Dean in charge of records, said in his comments upon the newly-adopted measure. He cited a few simplifications, however, such as the process of registering, enrollment, course changes, and the handling of fees...
Sure, we're anxious to shove off too. We just thought we'd mention though, that maybe it wasn't such a bad "shakedown cruise" after...
...head-on with another driven by Leonora Gershwin, wife of Lyricist Ira Gershwin. Mrs. Gershwin and two women with her were hurt slightly. Scenarist Mankiewicz, unhurt, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, was later released on $500 bond pending a hearing. As news the accident was worth brief mention at most...
...case you're wondering what the items are, here's the report: A story called "A Low Conversational Tone"; a poem called "Challenge" and another called "Grace Before Blood" (Donation); mention in the Talk of the Town; a reference somewhere in the Profile; and one of those inimitable bottom-page squibs...