Word: patly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bowlegged, barelegged (except for anklet socks) toreador fleeing a rampaging bull in a Madrid ring. Or replaying his "Now a message from Alka-Seltzer," which was unexpectedly punctuated by a belch from Jonathan Winters. Or sending Richard Nixon to the piano and leading Bea Lillie off with a fond pat on her backside...
Three days after the astronauts emerged from their capsule, the Wasp put in at Mayport, Fla. McDivitt and White were flown to Houston's Ellington Air Force Base, where their wives-both named Pat-their children and 1,500 well-wishers waited in 92° heat. Four-year-old Patrick McDivitt could hardly wait to blurt out some news. "Daddy! Daddy!" he cried. "I jumped off the high board!" McDivitt grinned, patted his son's head...
...Supreme Court ruling, which re jected an appeal by Democratic Gov ernor Pat Brown, had the effect of reversing five statewide referendums since...
...telecast from Miami Beach pronounced Miss District of Columbia's long blonde hair unphotogenic, demanded that she have it cut and darkened. "I don't want to change what I am," wailed Miss District. She didn't -and finished fifth. After all the illusionists were done, Pat Boone finally got a chance to crown Sue Ann Downey, 20, a blue-eyed blonde (35-24-34) from Ohio State University, Miss U.S.A. (not to be confused with Miss America) of 1965. Among other things, the victory means $5,000 in cash, $5,000 in personal appearance contracts...
...anonymous quote always pre sents a temptation to the reporter, says John Seigenthaler, editor of the Nashville Tennessean. "You get suspicious when quotes are too pat, too much in line with what the reporter or the columnist wants to say. The real danger is when a reporter or a columnist uses an anonymous quote to support his own point of view...