Word: nicest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Arch Oboler, the nicest thing about winning a prize is making the acceptance speech. In his twelve years of radio writing, he has done plenty of both. But unlike his writing (Alter Ego, Free World Theater, etc.), Oboler's speeches seldom please radio. In Oklahoma City, in a talk he titled "Bughum" ("humbug, backwards"), Arch paid his respects to radio...
...Eternal Footman is always there to hold his hat and snicker: "The servant gave me my coat and hat, and in a glow of self-satisfaction I walked out into the night. 'A delightful evening,' I reflected, 'the nicest kind of people. What I said about finance and philosophy impressed them; and how they laughed when I imitated a pig squealing...
...subscribers, I certainly do want to join you in every good wish to Jim Linen in his new job. I also want to extend congratulations to TIME for regaining the services of one of the ablest men I have ever known-and one of the nicest...
...rate detective and a grade-A, sport-model wife, Crime's three amateurs (Pat O'Brien, George Murphy and Carole Landis) are cheerful dopes. Once they find Magician George Zucco daggered in his trunk in a resort hotel, they hightail off after every red herring in sight. Nicest character: a daft old dowager who likes to write gigantic checks in disappearing...
...lunch. . . . His eyes glistened with pleasure. He stepped back, barely able to retain a grip on his spear, knapsack, and load of rations, but still in possession of his dignity. "American, him good people!" he said, with emphasis, with which high compliment he left us. It was quite the nicest compliment we could possibly have been vouchsafed...