Word: mumming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Department. They discussed whose profession was the oldest. "Mine," said the surgeon, "God created Eve out of Adam's rib . . . by a surgical operation." "Mine," said the architect, "God first created the world out of chaos . . . the work of an architect." The two State Department men kept mum. "And what do you say?" the Latin Americans finally asked. Said one of the State Department men: "We were wondering who created chaos...
...Chicago's Sun, syndicated Sunday weekly Parade, owner of Cincinnati's radio station WSAI) bought smart Simon and Schuster, one of the top merchandisers in the book business, and Pocket Books, Inc., which was 49% owned by Simon and Schuster officials. Publisher Field kept the purchase price mum...
...Have Not, Casablanca), announced that he had separated from his wife, ex-Cinemactress Mayo Methot, Bogart, who nicknamed his wife (also his yacht) "Sluggy" and bragged about their many private and public fights in six years of marriage (on their fifth anniversary, he gave Sluggy a rolling pin), kept mum about the reasons. Hollywood newshawks pointed out that Methot was for Dewey, Bogart for Roosevelt...
Berlin was mistaken. Moscow kept mum for four days, then broke the news with a victory salute from 224 guns: the Red armies had jammed through for gains up to 60 miles on a 175-mile front. This week they had sent the Germans reeling back to within twelve miles of Memel on the sea, to within three miles of the northern East Prussia border. Credit went to Generals Ivan Bagramian and Ivan Chernyakhovsky, who figured much more prominently in the Eastern Front news last July than they have lately...
...Allied High Commissioner in Rome. Cracked LaGuardia: "I understand Pearson is to be named a Lithuanian count." Later he snapped at newsmen: "Don't ask silly questions." And even after President Roosevelt hinted that there might soon be a new assignment for him, the little mayor kept mum. He sent Manhattan newsmen a curt note: "I have an assignment with my dentist." Leaving City Hall that night, he rudely barked: "I'm going to clean up the streets tonight; I'm good at that...