Word: pattered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most Harvard men and some 'Cliffe girls would have one think. A hen party in female Cambridge is probably not much different than one at Northampton or Ann Arbor, except that at Northampton the girls wear pants. The long linoleum floors in the Quadrangle Halls resound to the childish patter of barefoot beauties; along about 11 o'clock botany sinks into the background and Men become the topic. Meows fly fast but a lot of exertion goes to trying to smoke in rooms. It's forbidden, but they manage. But the most exciting event of all was the time last...
...that wasn't all. A chorus of Navy girls was on hand, and S-O Robert Adams did a routine of song and patter on the subjects of Union food and Matthews Hall. The Gold Coast Band also showed up to accompany the singing of Mrs. Edward McLellan, wife...
Effervescent little Bob Becker, middle-aged outdoor editor of the Chicago Tribune, whose patter is peppered with gee whizzes and holy smokes, is No. 1 U.S. dogcaster. Dog-lovers for a decade have faithfully tuned in on his expert Chats About Dogs; his best-selling How to Raise & Train Your Puppy (Sundial; $1) is a standard reference work. Among his own dogs are several blue-ribbon winners. Becker's sideline claim to fame is that he discovered a new subspecies of bat in Bolivia which Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History named after him: Eumops Bonariensis Beckeri...
...radiophiles must love to hear the patter of little comedians around the house in the mornings, for breakfast programs are unusually successful. Hundreds of local stations have their chuckling chanticleers, and Don McNeill of Blue's Breakfast Club was this year voted the Star of Stars in Movie-Radio Guide's annual poll...
...best late show beamed at war workers in the 1,500 plants which operate 24 hours a day around Chicago is Night Watch over WIND, Gary, Ind. One of the pioneer all-night shows, started in 1934, Night Watch consists of news, rebroadcasts of important speeches, records and patter...