Word: nut
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fast Service. J. C. Nugent and his good boy Elliott used to write amiable, innocuous little comedies like Kempy and The Poor Nut. Then they went out to Hollywood where Will H. Hays is supposed to keep everything clean and where, as Lee Tracy stoutly declared in Louder, Please, "Criterion stars sleep alone!'' Back from the west coast after two years, the Nugents have suddenly kicked over the traces, fashioned for themselves a play in which, for the first time, their leading lady does not sleep alone. Psychologists might say that the Nugents were enjoying a release mechanism...
Gendarmes tried to hasten matters by arresting nut-munching Spada's sweet heart, swart Antoinette Leca...
...small, nut-brown Mahatma Gandhi came last week that slightly florid human mountain, the House of Commons. In effect a special meeting of the House convened around him, using for this purpose the historic Grand Committee Room. Barefoot and barelegged as usual...
...Food companies held up well. General Foods (Postum, Log Cabin Syrup, Cheek-Neal Coffee, Frosted Foods etc.) showed $10,167,000 against $10,629,000. Beech-Nut Packing (bacon, chewing gum, also a hotel in Rochester, N. Y.) reported $1,172,000 against $1,320,000. Hershey Chocolate's $4,718,000 stood against $4,253,000. During the June quarter William Wrigley Jr. Co. showed a sensational gain from $2,365,000 to $3,057,000. International Salt's first six months' $399,000 compared with last year...
...Beech-Nut Packing...