Word: plumpness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blow of his trusty fish knife. Lowell Thomas explains that the captain's baldness is the result of a skull slash by a deep-sea monster, but makes no effort to analyze why the captain swims so awkwardly or why "a man of steel" should keep himself so plump. Killers of the Sea contains some really good shots of a white man and a Negro in a dory being towed and finally upset by a huge blackfish which they have harpooned...
Next day, during a recess in the hearing before the great Green Case was adjourned for two weeks, two lawyers stood chatting in a smoke-filled anteroom with plump Surrogate Owen. Subject of the conversation was Mrs. Wilks's "day in court." Said the Surrogate: "The thing I was worried about was: If I cited her for contempt of court how would I get her up to Port Henry for a hearing? I was afraid I might have to take her my self...
LaGuardia's Kegling Sirs: TIME, for March 22. under Sport, states in connection with the American Bowling Congress, ". . . New York's plump little Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia bowled the first ball. It rolled ignominiously into the gutter...
...Belgium the No. 1 Fascist is personable, passionate young Leon Degrelle, a dynamic demagog with a confident way of dashing about in high-powered cars, bounding up on platforms and generally acting and talking as if Belgium were a ripe plum just about to plump itself by an avalanche of votes into his lap-as Germany plumped into Hitler's. In his campaign speeches last week Orator Degrelle roared that his academic, scholarly opponent Premier Dr. Paul van Zeeland is "tainted with Americanisms," referred to Economist van Zeeland's professorial work at Princeton in scathing terms, accused...
...much?" asked plump, red-haired Mrs. Warms, remembering their sweepstakes ticket...