Word: mislaid
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That was a whopper. The U.S. Fleet is not just something somebody leaves in the pocket of another pair of pants. The U.S. was a troubled nation last week, but at least part of its trouble came because it felt like a man who has mislaid a bass drum in a taxicab. The 17 battleships, seven aircraft carriers, 37 cruisers, 172 destroyers, 113 submarines and some 1,100 smaller vessels that made up the Fleet on Dec. 7 made a sizeable total to place when you were trying to remember exactly where you had been the night before...
...play opens strong, with a seemingly patient husband slowly, systematically torturing his young wife in order to drive her insane. He harps on the fact that her mother went mad; he hides things, then dupes her into thinking that she mislaid them during mental lapses. What looks like the work of a sadist is revealed, however-after a Scotland Yard man succeeds in catching the unhappy wife alone-as the desperate maneuvering of a murderer who has long eluded the police...
...humble hat-check girl with grand-opera aspirations, Deanna is yanked to the bedside of a dying tycoon (Charles Laughton) by the old walrus' son (Robert Cummings), who has mislaid his new fiancée. Of course the old man recovers, and the substitute fiancee has to continue her role until the young man falls in love with her and makes it permanent. The picture is a blend of amusing horseplay, bright dialogue and tears, with a noticeable...
...precious stones. In 1930, aged 32, Ahmad died of cirrhosis. Gossip said that he had a liver like an old Spanish saddle. Provision for eight wives was made in his will (executed by Manhattan's Guaranty Trust Co.), but two more turned up whom he had apparently mislaid...
...THOUSAND THANKS FOR KIND TREATMENT [TIME, NOV. 25] AT A TIME WHEN I CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED TO HAVE MY BLOCK KNOCKED OFF, BUT CANNOT HELP FEELING A LITTLE UNHAPPY THAT YOU FELT THE URGE TO USE A PICTURE TAKEN ON THE ONE DAY THAT I'D MISLAID MY HINDS HONEY & ALMOND CREAM...