Word: pocketing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pedro Leao Velloso was the watchful Brazilian. A lawyer and seasoned diplomat, Dr. Velloso sat silently and glistened; his dark green glasses, the scarflike handkerchief that poured from his breast pocket, the glistening mahogany-hued dome of his bald pate all shone...
...greatest of them all. He told his story with quiet authority, as though lecturing to a class, underscoring his points with deliberate gestures of his well-kept hands. He still sounded rather bored; only occasionally did he show signs of nervousness-when he reached for his hip pocket, as though searching...
...shilling, pocket-sized monthly attracted such leading talents as J. B. Priestley, W. H. Auden, André Gide, T. S, Eliot, E. M. Forster, Stephen Spender. Between their bylines he sandwiched pieces (bought for a few pounds apiece) by hopeful unknowns...
Bonbons & Books. The man who put this golden formula to work in the U.S. is nervous, precise Harry Scherman, 59, a onetime free-lance writer. When he flopped at that, he went into advertising. For a client, he devised a plan to give away pocket-sized classics with each box of candy, was amazed to find later that 1,000,000 classics a year could be sold for 10? apiece without candy...
...orange stick," said Melita. Said Nick: "The man in here-you can't help but like Him." Said Melita, fingering the perfume bottles: "I'm all out of Intoxication." She also made Nick massage her big toe. At last Nick slipped a gun in his pocket and went out to shoot Melita's lover. But the lover was not at home. When Nick realized how miraculously a murder had been avoided, he ran to the nearest church to give thanks. But the church was locked "for the guys that get in trouble after the sun goes down...