Word: pied
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sirs: Your facility in answering (TIME, Sept. 19) H. A. Washington's query concerning the Communists' use of "pantywaist," prompts me to ask for similar information concerning another term that seems to have become a fad among political commentators, namely, "pie...
...Pie in the sky" comes from a popular I.W.W. song, The Preacher and the Slaves: . . . Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie, in the sky, When you die- It's a lie! The song, written by Joe Hill (executed for murder in 1915) and sung to the tune of In the Sweet Bye and Bye, was intended to counteract Salvation Army propaganda, reflects orthodox radical agnosticism...
...contest in which 5,404 people will win a total of $250,000 by answering questions about 30 films and writing a 50-word essay. Sample question: "What did Snow White's stepmother coax her to eat in order to cast a spell over her?-a mince pie, an apple, a strawberry tart, or a roast duck?" Sample essay: "Snow White made me feel like a child again. . . ." Print order for the 32-page contest booklet was 50,000,000, roughly one for every other person in the U. S. and Canada who could read...
...During that time McKechnie developed six of the 15 other managers now functioning in the major leagues: Charley Grimm, Pie Traynor, Joe Cronin, Frank Frisch, Jim Wilson, Burleigh Grimes...