Word: morocco
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opulent glow of El Morocco's Champagne Room in Manhattan, sat a swarthy pop-eyed man with a vast double chin. His companion was a beautiful young woman. "My dear," he was heard to say, "you just don't know what I could...
Turkeys & Bonnets. Moving on to El Morocco, the party supped on roast beef and Baked Alaska. The conversation and the champagne began to slop over a little. Society Photographer Hal Phyfe, a fastidious gourmet and a dear friend of Betty's, fluttered anxiously in the background lest photographers take unseemly shots. Two guests, both past their prime, met in the ladies' lounge. One wore a vast feathered hat, the other a bonnet and velvet chin strap. Said Feathers to Bonnet: "What kind of get-up is that, you silly old turkey?" Retorted Bonnet: "Go roll your wheel chair...
World Jewry has long worried about what might happen to the 700,000 Jews who live in Arab lands in North Africa and the Middle East, when open warfare broke out in Palestine. Last week a grisly reminder of the danger came out of French Morocco. There, for the first time since the proclamation of Israel,* Arabs massacred Jews outside of Palestine...
...avalanche of hearty boos. His histrionic skill earns him $1,500 an appearance. Barrel-chested Yvon Robert (rhymes with snow bear) has done so well at playing hero in his home town that he is now co-owner in a profitable sideline: a fancy Montreal nightclub called El Morocco. Gargantuan Primo Camera has no particular gimmick, but he is netting more from wrestling (he says he makes $120,000 a year) than he ever did as world's heavyweight boxing champion...
Professor Coon returned recently from an expedition to Morocco with the American School of Prehistoric Research. The explorers discovered traces of animals which thrived in Africa 150,000 years...