Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan theatre Louis Moni could not resist the temptation to pinch a shapely leg beside him. For molesting a policewoman, the owner of the leg arrested and jailed Louis Moni...
...Chicago. This summer Gosden, a native of Richmond, and the one who takes the most parts, is taking his wife and children to Alaska. Correll, one-time bricklayer in Peoria, is going to take his wife to Europe. Frank (''Bring 'Em Back Alive") Buck will pinch hit on the Pepsodent hour until autumn...
...Exchange Control bill now in conference between House and Senate), a bill for the control of oil production, a bill to set up a $200,000,000 corporation to finance the Administration's home renovation program (TIME, May 21). But even with these measures the President in a pinch was willing to part rather than let Congress wrangle on into the deep waters of doubtful legislation...
...batting order gets on bases, it's long odds if the lower half can show enough stuff to bring home the bacon. Failure to bring men home was one of the main reasons for losing to Tufts. This weakness is further accentuated by the total lack of pinch hitters...
TRUMPETER, SOUND! - D. L. Murray - Knopf ($2.50). Fiction up-to-date: Victorian London, an innocent actress, a dashing hussar. Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade. Shake well and add a pinch of salt...