Word: referents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Marlon Brando called her "the fat one," Author Ben Hecht "one of the most sad things in Hollywood." When they get up enough courage in their cups, some pressagents refer to her simply as "the old broad"-after glancing nervously around to see that only friends are present. The object of this catalogue of clouts, usually more affectionate than they seem, prefers to describe herself as "the gay illiterate," a tag she swiped from a magazine story and magnified into an autobiography in 1944. This week Louella Oettinger Parsons adds another hard-cover installment, Tell It to Louella (Putnam...
Even at this late date there remains some confusion between the terms "hi-fi" and "stereo." Although both words refer to acoustic conditions the first deals with quality of sound while the second is concerned with spatial characteristics...
...leaving the office, he turned around, saying, "And Charlie, there's no more Mississippi anymore. It's 'Sippi now." The Freedom Riders now refer to that state as simply 'Sippi...
...Brien knows precisely how far the President will go in making legislative concessions to Congress. More than once, when approached by Democratic congressional leaders with suggestions for compromises that might speed Administration programs through the Senate or House, O'Brien has accepted on the spot, without having to refer to the President...
...chapters are in areas where gambling is legal and race tracks abound; Los Angeles has six G.A. chapters. New York four. Most fertile city for prospective G.A. members is Las Vegas. The casino managers are unconcerned about the inroads the organization might make; none has ever been known to refer a steady loser to the local G.A. chapter. "G.A.'s a stupid organization," says one Vegasite. "Imagine being against gambling in this town." But Onetime...