Word: plumped
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...Central Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, meeting in Milwaukee last week, congratulated Mae West for popularizing plump female figures, called her style "a boon to motherhood...
...Plump, coquettish Adrienne Delamare, aged 12, wanted to marry brisk, bold-eyed Henri Pinteau, 17. Their parents not only approved-they begged that M. le President sanction by special dispensation a child marriage in violation of French law. M. le President considered the reason: a pink and squawling babe safely born Aug. 28 at which time he weighed nine pounds. "Mon Dieu," murmured President Lebrun, "Est-ce possible...
...John Quincy Adams is the "thin-lipped, perspiring New Englander, who had spent a third of his life abroad"; James Monroe "The raw-boned, six-foot President . . . a shy man, an able lieutenant, though a mediocre chief." There is young "Capt. Fort, speaking freely and a trifle importantly"; and plump little Rachel, "a frontier woman, clinging to the fragile images of a bygone day that had witnessed her last touch with happiness." Mr. James sketches these and a hundred more with sure, positive strokes. When Andrew Jackson speaks on these pages, he is talking to real people whom the reader...
...notably one at Teachers College which went so far as to advocate a dole for all pupils until they find employment-the U. S. Government regards the difficulties of the schools as purely local problems. Commissioner Zook can offer no cash help. But, like a kindly, keen-eyed, plump-faced uncle, he may give advice, put at Education's disposal a vast amount of statistics. Dr. Zook said on taking office: "We have a product to sell to the people. If we are successful, it must be so organized and so displayed as to make the people desire...
...most valuable to win. At 4-all and 30-40 in the third, Perry watched an easy lob drop, decided it was out, turned to hear the linesman call it good. A few moments later, Crawford had the set. With judicial composure he strolled to the marquee where his plump wife was smiling, chatted for ten minutes, while Perry went to change his flannels for ducks that would flap less in the wind. With a crowd to watch him, Perry, like Borotra, gives an impression of being debonair, lighthearted, only incidentally concerned with winning. In reality, even more than most...