Word: parlorized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...miles northwest of Chicago. Not the twilight zone exactly, but not the main stem either. With a little imaginative set decoration, the Schaumburg Snuggery could be converted to a roadhouse from a John O'Hara novel; a juke joint from the Big Band era; a belly-up beer parlor with a platform for a three-piece oldies combo; or the only place in America where no one has heard that disco is dead. A perfect period set-for any period-if it were not for those screens...
More often Hardwick turns her ideas into parlor tricks, lessons in obfuscation...
...short distance away, a P.R.A. soldier had gone to a funeral parlor, carrying the body of the downed U.S. helicopter pilot. He decided against leaving it, and carried it to the beach. The funeral director said, "I have no new bodies, just the ten from our own executions." An orderly said that when Fort Rupert was hit by a naval bombardment early Tuesday morning, some of the soldiers had fled to the hospital and hurriedly exchanged their uniforms for pajamas. Of the 30 casualties, perhaps half had arrived at the hospital within the first hour of the invasion...
Question: What Chinese parlor game swept America in the 1920s...
...cream at the counter. Mondale pushed himself ahead of the pack and insisted on being first. Said Mondale, pensively as he scratched his head, "Gee, I can't decide. There are too many flavors from which to choose." Mondale then abruptly turned to the other customers in the parlor. "Excuse me, people What's supposed to be the best ice cream around here...