Word: rabbiting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Walter James Vincent ("Rabbit") Maranville, 61, one of U.S. baseball's crack major-league infielders for more than two decades (1912-35); of a heart attack; in New York City (see SPORT...
...panorama scanned in this scenic tour of Thurber land is varied enough to suit any reader's taste. Mystery fans will probably find "The White Rabbit Caper" most to their liking. Out Spading Spade, it begins, "Fred Fox was pouring himself a slug of rye when he door of his office opened and in hopped old Mrs. Rabbit . . ." One of the choicest in the autobiographical vein is a little item called "There's a Time for Flags, or (Notes of a man who bought a curious Christmas gift)." The Thurber Diaries are like none other: "Dec. 15--Yesterday morning...
...trim garnishes wool or its jersey substitute. Used for cuffs, collars or buttons, camel color with mink trim leads the field, with rabbit hair, angora and black fox following. Most of these are detachable and can be switched from outfit to outfit. Such an outfit is considered just as chic as a favorite black taffeta or velvet...
...seize on the mask. At the end of two days, many London chemists had sold all their gauze. Mayfair milliners hastily sketched up a line of fashionable "smoggles" in tulle, velvet and chiffon to please the modish dyspneic. One dress designer announced a "bunny mask" modeled on a rabbit's nose and containing a special filter. In the murk outside the Tottenham Court tube station, one Londoner-Shipping Clerk Dennis Michaels, 24, was actually seen wearing a gauze mask. Some passers-by stared and laughed. "How's the operation going, Doc?" called one. Fifteen minutes later, Dennis took...
...soldier's younger brother has served reformatory sentences and is now in jail facing trial for armed robbery. His sister, 16, an inmate of an institution for homeless girls, is going blind from syphilis. His father died of cancer several years ago. His mother disappeared somewhere in the rabbit warren of flophouses in their city's Skid...