Word: mooned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Century of Progress. In Los Angeles, Arthur Moon was arrested for drunkenness on his 100th birthday...
...matter where a man stands in Korea he can see a mountain. The Koreans say: "You cannot sit in the valley and see the new moon set." Last week, in Seoul, Korea's aging new President Syngman Rhee made the same point with another proverb: "You cannot expect to lift a heavy stone without getting red in the face." His speech was part of a celebration of the return of national independence to two-thirds of Korea's 30 million people and one half of its land. In Seoul, the world's second largest bell* welcomed...
Transparent Pantaloons. In this maudlin backstage romance, Betty was supposed to play second fiddle to Alice, Jack Oakie and John Payne. But full of the zest of triumph, she easily stole the show. Alley turned out to be the template for all the uncomplicated, uncluttered Grable musicals (Moon Over Miami, Pin-Up Girl, Mother Wore Tights) that have followed. For one thing, the picture provided ample opportunity for the contemplation of Betty's obvious photogenic attractions, especially in the sequence when she gyrated through a harem scene, clad brilliantly in sequined bra and panties, her legs shining and sinuous...
...finished, his wife, his three small sons and his brother Paul joined him on the stand; like a well rehearsed vaudeville act, they all sang When You Were Sweet Sixteen. The applause swelled, then seemed to roll right out of the park and up to a wan and waning moon as Henry Wallace appeared, riding in an open car, circling the outfield...
...eight-year-old boy, but it failed because he told somebody. So Inman instructed him to "steal a potato from his mother's store, halve it, touch each wart with the raw surface, 'and then bury the potato in the backyard by the light of the full moon - all in the greatest secrecy." Those warts went away, too. The doctor cured an adult of a shin wart by having him apply saliva with his finger...