Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contemplating the gaping hole in the argyle sock, where he was about to commit his bare foot, when his reveries were interrupted by a stealthy knock at the door. "It's open," he purred, in the renowned mellow 100 proof tone, as a mufflered figure sidled in, peering in both directions over the upturned label of a secondhand Brooks Brothers overcoat...
Whom to Follow? The other voice was that of Massachusetts' able young Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Said he: "I have come to the conclusion that the accusations against Lilienthal's character and patriotism are without proof and without foundation. I also have discovered that he is the only man in the U.S. who has_ever administered a project anywhere near as large and complex as that which he will be required to administer as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission...
...Angeles' downtown area shuddered. A light plane flying ten miles away was jolted by a sudden disturbance of the air. A florist, five miles away, heard a dull boom and saw the petals of his peach blossoms flutter to the floor. The 27-story tower of the earthquake-proof city hall shivered; windows crashed and tinkled for blocks around...
Readers of syndicated Columnist Billy Rose got some inside dope that confirmed an old suspicion. Showman Rose, noted as a judge of beauty, confessed that "all this stuff about my being a picker of pretties is loo-proof malarkey. And the same goes for Ziegfeld, Carroll, White and Goldwyn. . . . Any boy who likes girls can pick them." How to do it for a show: "You put an ad in the paper. . . . Several hundred gals show up. . . . First you eliminate the impossibles. . . . You ask the remaining girls to parade. . . . What do you look for? The same things you look for when...
Said a docker on the Thames near Westminster Bridge (on which only two lights burned): "This is the proof of 20 years of rotten government. If the Conservatives had harnessed hydroelectric power 20 years ago, this would not have happened.* The Government can count on us dockers...