Word: parkerisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rome Burns. As town wit, he sat far above the salt when the Hotel Algonquin's famed Round Table was the spawning ground of Manhattan sophisticates, has long terrorized his enemies with his thrusts, has served without pay as publicity agent for such other town wits as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman...
...autobiographical essays from the manuscripts in the Caroline Miller Parker Collection in the Treasure Room form the text of the book. These interesting notes jotted down in odd moments by this 19th century artist and decorator reveal his background and how he started on his career...
...FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE...
...assure you he is man-all man. PARKER GIBBS...
...ships were tested separately on the water and in the air. For weeks, coupled together like giant dragon flies, they taxied over the Medway, off Rochester, Kent, finally flew locked together above Short Bros, big plant. One afternoon last week they took off again, Ace Test Pilots John Parker and Harold Piper at the controls of Maia and Mercury, respectively. At 700 ft., flying 140 m.p.h. with conditions perfect, Chief Pilot Parker telephoned up to Pilot Piper: "Is everything all right?" Then: "One, two, three, go." Thousands of Sunday strollers cheered as the two seaplanes separated, took different courses. Said...