Word: minting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...granite roof as thick as a bomb shelter. He also wanted two marble statues: Sarah and John M. Davis as young folks, sitting discreetly at opposite ends of a love seat. The statues were made in Italy, modeled after pictures from the Davis photo album and they cost a mint of money; but John liked them and decided to get more...
...come through with excellent characterizations. On the dancing side, Marjorie Belle, blonde and diminutive danseuse, is insciously graceful indeed, her gorgeous gyrations highlighting much of the second act. Libby Holman, featured female performer, disappoints with both her singing and acting as Miss Jenny. All in all, there is a mint of fine material and talent in "Twilight Alley"; with proper editing and direction, its Broadway stay may be a long...
...take the place of the Ten Commandments. . . . Copy can be casually optimistic, but no more. . . . National ads . . . are all loused up with overexcited, overeager, overhappy faces. .. . Another mortal sin is the four-color food spreads [of] so-called salads of marshmallows and sliced pineapple trapped in a bed of mint-green gelatine topped with maraschino cherries. I am certain these monstrous double-trucks have set American cookery back 50 years...
Then I can nearly always tell mint julep from grape jello...
Case No. 2 was the story of a Delaware horse-owner, who had switched horses' names and made a mint by racing a good horse as a long-shot unknown. William F. Mink, the owner, picked up an unimpressive five-year-old gelding named All-pulch for $210. Next, at Pimlico last fall, he claimed Sea Command, son of War Admiral...