Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...history, It is an ungrounded belief that this little handful of people can harm Italy. When Tyrol was incorporated into Italy in 1919, the only reason given was the advantage of strategic frontier. Mussolini has taken this as an opportunity to show European countries that he means business. This pooh-poohing of the League is also shown by the Corfu incident...
...familiar to him as had been his nursery floor. When he saw Fire Island dead ahead of the Texas he knew what he saw and rushed from one to another of his superiors giving the alarm, asking permission to change the course. One and all, the Texas' officers pooh-poohed the young busybody, who dashed at last to Rear Admiral Victor Blue, the commandant. Admiral Blue sprang from bed, but too late. The Texas ran aground on Fire Island. In gentlemanly fashion, Admiral Blue took the blame...
...Bathrooms:" Pooh, pooh! A housewife is proud of her bathroom's cleanliness, not of its ornateness. If she wants fantastic ablutions, she attends the cinema for a few weeks. Meanwhile let her use bathroom fixtures sup plied by The Kohler Co. of Kohler, Wisconsin, or the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., or their competitors...
...Plays: Wurzel-Flammery; Belinda; Mr. Pim Passes By; The Truth about Blayds. Books, principally for children: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh ; Now We Are Six (dedicated to Christopher Robin, son of Author Milne, with whom he is very affectionate...
...this new book, Mr. Milne has given us verse, and such inimitable verse--all about Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh and the old sailor. There are no adjectives to describe the appeal of this book. It is unbelievable that after "When We Were Very Young" and "Winnie-the-Pooh" there should be anything as perfect as "Now We Are Six." Ernest Shepard has simply outdone himself with the decorations...