Word: plumpness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tottenham, England, Mayor E. A. Jay published the letter of an unnamed British soldier stationed on the lonely island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, asking for a wife who is "blonde, lively, a non-smoker about five feet three, not too plump." Of himself he mentioned only his hazel eyes. Mayor Jay got applications from 250 British women, forwarded them without comment to Mauritius...
With Fannie Brice, on the other hand, there is practically never cause for com plaint. Her tidbit in this show is her impersonation of a solemn Jewish dancer interpreting "Rewolt" and "de Messes." Plump, ingratiating Comedian Bob Hope (Roberta) is given an amusing song to sing hopelessly to comely Eve Arden (Parade). Vernon Duke wrote the tune; Ira Gershwin the lyric...
...Governor Oscar Kelly Allen was to go to Washington until January 1937 to serve out Long's unexpired Senate term. The full six-year term was to be given State Speaker of the House Allen J. Ellender. Best job of all, that of Governor, was parceled out to plump young Judge Richard Leche of the State Court of Appeals...
...night last week 1,500 Washingtonians settled themselves in Constitution Hall to hear a performance of Lakmé by the National Opera Association. When nothing seemed to happen after half an hour, the audience began to clap, stomp, demand explanations. Another fruitless hour passed. Then a plump little woman with disheveled white hair appeared before the curtain, waved a piece of paper, cried: "This is the most terrible thing that has ever happened in the history of music. I have a check to pay the musicians but they refuse to take it. Won't some one please endorse...
...sucking little man named Miguel Mariano Gomez began plugging steadily at building himself into Cuba's dark horse. He was the son of Cuba's second President, Jose Miguel Gomez. He had been an insurgent "Liberal" Mayor of Havana opposed to tyrannical "Liberal" Machado. He had a plump, dazzling wife. He proceeded quietly to wangle alliances with all the Right Center "sectors," to acquire some semi-radical friends and to find a man with a much better radio voice than his to make incessant radio speeches in his behalf. A year ago it became an even bet that...