Word: potful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many plane crashes in which drink is a factor," observed D. Leigh Colvin,* the Prohibition Party's 1936 presidential candidate, who is convinced (in spite of contradictory WMC figures) that seven out of ten cases of war-plant absenteeism are caused by "bouts with the rum pot...
...entertainment. He is the original money no objeck kid. Breath-taking sets, exquisite costumes, and gorgeous girls all bathed in Hazzard Short's brilliant lighting effects are what Mr. Todd uses for the basis of his show, and a very good basis it is at that. Into this colorful pot pourri he has tossed leering Bobby Clark as a racketeer turned South American good-will ambassador. Also on this "Mexican Hayride" are Wilbur Evans to sing, June Havoc to sing and dance, and Luba Malina both to sing and to look beautiful. Of the three June Havoc stands out with...
Americans, WPB reported after questioning 5,000 families in 68 localities, are bearing up nobly under the wartime sacrifices of consumers' goods. What really bothers them is not the big things so much as the lack of such simple but indispensable doodads as bobbie pins, metal pot scourers, flashlight batteries, elastic, safety pins, and waterproof pants for the baby...
...Mickey still mugs like a tic-ravaged chimpanzee in hopes that Cinemactress Garland will louse up the take with a laugh. An example of the Rooney wit occurred during the shooting of Babes in Arms. While Judy was catching a nap in her dressing room, Mickey planted a smoke-pot at the doorsill, bawled "FIRE!", and dashed a glass of water in her face as she sprinted out. Sometimes Miss Garland retaliates. When, making Girl Crazy, she appeared in white calfskins, Mickey quipped: "You look like a vanilla ice-cream cone." Miss Garland measured Mickey's scarlet-chapped...
...Publisher Silliman Evans finally pot ripsnorting mad. Sun men went out to investigate. The usually meek Sun thereupon came out with these headlines: LABOR ASSAILS TRIBUNE SMEAR and TRIBUNE LIES. . . . Said the Sun: The Tribune's campaign was a "rotten and reckless piece of work ... a giant fake" born of the "fevered delusions and prejudices" of the Tribune's "hate-filled" Publisher Robert R. McCormick...