Word: preens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idea. If the boss thought that technique worked so well, maybe it would work on him. They tried it, and work it did. When an employee would tell him that he was a greater economist than Britain's Lord Keynes, the man White envied most, White would preen himself. The Communists, too, learned that White could be flattered. Their technique was revealed when a baffled Washington carpenter named Harry White received a container of caviar, then a case of vodka, and then an engraved invitation to a social occasion at the Soviet embassy. Through a mistake in addresses, Carpenter...
...intricate ceremonials, each of which has its place in the growth of their relationship. First they bow formally, with outstretched flippers. Later, when they feel more intimate, they shake their heads, make a vibrating sound, or stretch out their necks and squawk. As their fondness ripens, the lovers preen one another or kiss by rubbing their necks together...
Goodbye, My Fancy (Warner], a slick adaptation of the 1948 Broadway hit comedy, gives Joan Crawford a chance to preen her plumage and practice her intellect as a glamorous Congresswoman who would sooner compromise a man than an issue...
Federal tax discrimination against stockholders is criticized in this month's issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics published by the University Preen this week...