Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Infuriated to find that a jeer popular in the Midwest-"Pooh-pooh-Purdue"-had reached Manhattan, Purdue gave N. Y. U. its most thorough drubbing since...
...films as the chief collateral for a $9,500,000 loan. Because Paramount transferred the films to a subsidiary, strengthened the loan with other promises. Fixer Blumenthal charged violation of the bond indenture, thought the position of his and other Paramount bonds had been jeopardized. Company officials pooh-poohed the charges as unfounded.* Last December Fixer Blumenthal sued Fox Theatres for a past due note. It was settled for $520,000-$50,000 down, the balance in weekly instalments. When Fox Theatres went into receivership the payments ceased. Last week Fixer Blumenthal sought to have the company removed from receivership...
Winnie-the-Pooh, 18, famed brown bear in the London Zoo, was reported dying of old age. Originally named Winnie, the bear was supposedly observed by Christopher Robin, young son of Author Alan Alexander Milne, to say "Pooh" to all visitors, including royalty. Christopher Robin named his teddy bear after her, Winnie-the-Pooh. Author Milne named a children's book after the teddy bear. The bear in the zoo was finally named after the book. Winnie's condition last week was watched with keen interest in Manhattan by the Winnie-the-Pooh Association, exclusive U. S. licensers of Pooh...
...Roosevelt candidacy. Quickly the anti-Roosevelt battalions rallied to Mr. Shouse's support, charging that Governor Roosevelt was guilty of bad faith. Al Smith vehemently declared: "A principle is at stake?the principle of keeping your word." James Farley, loud chief-of-staff of the Roosevelt forces, boomed out "pooh-poohs," claimed he had the majority necessary to elect Senator Walsh. A friendly gavel would greatly help the Roosevelt candidacy...
...Have Resigned." Meanwhile Chilean newspapers began complaining bitterly that Don Carlos Davila had taken no step against "Cosach," the $375,000,000 Chilean nitrate monopoly created by Manhattan's Guggenheims. Because Don Carlos when Ambassador had assisted in the negotiations creating "Cosach" and had pooh-poohed Chilean fears of "Yankee Imperialism," his lack of ruthlessness toward "Cosach" began to seem suspicious to some Chileans. Was the Stalinism of Don Carlos genuine, they wondered, or was he dragging a Red herring through the streets of Santiago, prating of "progressive Socialism" in order to head off a real Socialist revolt...