Word: petted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...empire that other executives have. The agreement meant that Marion Davies would be brought back from Coventry by the Hearst papers (her name has hardly appeared since the Chief's death), and more important, she will again be able to have stories published about her friends and pet projects...
Both kinds of illness pried her away from Murry; she spent much time in the south of France trying to recover, but even more in a kind of private hell. The letters are bulletins posted outside the sick room of her soul. At first, pet names (she was "Tig" or "Wig," he was "Jag" or "Bogey") and candid passion masked the symptoms. "I love you with every inch of me . . . You are my perfect lover . . . Hold me, Bogey, when I write those words, for I am in your arms . . . Now I am giving you all sorts of little hugs...
With the next Memorial Day classic still beckoning from afar, Tony is not neglecting his practice. In San Jose, Calif. at week's end for the season's eleventh A.A.A. race, Tony meticulously cased the track, religiously observed his pet superstitions (no peanuts at the track, no cameras before the race, nothing with the color green). When the only driver with a chance of catching up with Tony's point total for the season failed to qualify, Bet-tenhausen was in. But he still drove as if he had everything to lose. He took the lead...
...piece earsplitters down to sextets. Trio work is something fairly new, and Red finds it "all headwork-the bass has to cover for a drummer, the guitar for clarinet or trumpet, the vibes for piano." Headwork or handwork, old Red was the uptown café set's new pet...
Nest of Sin. In Queens, N.Y., William Munch, 68, who was arrested for growing marijuana, explained that he mixed it with birdseed to improve the singing of his 280 pet canaries...