Word: polish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zatrzymac. In Stamford, England, Jan Rogowski, accused of dangerous driving, explained to the court: "I saw the 'Halt' sign, but by the time I had translated the word into my own language [zatrzymac, Polish for halt], I was in the middle of the crossroad and had a collision...
...sure that exactly the balance and quality she wanted to hear would come off the wax. In her weekly sessions, she had worked 42 hours, making retake after retake, to record 45 minutes of music. At 70 (her birthday is actually July 5), the somewhat mystic, sometimes earthy little Polish-born woman is the acknowledged high priestess of the harpsichord, the sweet-sounding, twangy-bangy instrument she rescued from oblivion 50 years ago. She did not need much preparation before sitting down to record...
...third act, the Coal Trust was in a bad way, chiefly because Old Man Cowder had ignored business for the sake of a Polish countess (in reality no countess at all, but a lion tamer). Smokeless Coal, on the other hand, was flourishing, which evened things up-at least by the peculiar laws of Viennese musicals. Alice says: "Oh take me, love, take me away," and Viennese audiences (in 1907) went home, humming happily and concluding that Americans, while somewhat uncouth and acquisitive, probably had hearts of gold or, at least, coal...
Love & the Main Force. In Moscow, Freddie Smythe becomes Kazimir, a fine, upstanding Polish proletarian; the lady lion tamer is transformed into a lovely Polish girl who sings of love, faithfulness and sunshine over Warsaw. Kazimir and Ludviga got a job with Cowder (now spelled Kuder, rhymes with cruder) so that they could save money and get married. However, they are advised to conceal their romance, since "nobody in America will hire fianceés-their minds are too much on love and not sufficiently on work...
Slightly French (Columbia) is a tedious rehash of the old Pygmalion theme. This time the cultural spit & polish are applied to a low-life carnival dancer (Dorothy Lamour) by an egotistical Hollywood director (Don Ameche) who transforms her into a phony French film star...