Word: scalawag
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only witness to the Don's descent into Hell was his scalawag servant, Leporello, word was no more trustworthy than his master's. Doña Ana, her suitor Don Ottavio and Leporello set off for Juan's country home, to tell Juan's father of his son's strange death. On the way Leporello disappears. Doña Ana suspects him of having invented the whole story. Sure enough, first Leporello, then Juan himself reappears. It seems that Juan had merely had a bad case of nettle rash, which marred his handsome face...
...particular he bellowed: "And there's that old scalawag. Where's he in this fight?" The chairman sharply yanked the McGill coattails, whispered that the man in question had switched to their side. Without lowering his voice or blinking, George McGill continued: "Again I say, where is good old Ed? Why, he's with...
...prize money had been turned over to him in full. Government bigwigs had even saved him from being fleeced by a scalawag lawyer to whom he had entrusted the fund. He had been released from police supervision in the spring, and moved at his own request to a small, private sanatorium which specializes in tuberculosis treatment. His health had improved wonderfully. His wife was living with him in the sanatorium. He was training under his physician, Dr. Boquet, to become a medical photographer. Yes, he was still a pacifist, but felt hopeful that if he kept his promise...
...radio hour of Funnyman Cantor, whom he had met socially. From radio, he went to Hollywood. "Parkyakarkus" is an adaptation of the informal invitation with which Dr. Einstein habitually greeted callers at his office during his business career. In New Faces he functions as a mysterious friend of the scalawag producer, executes nothing resembling his press-release pose (see cut, p. 30) with the vaudeville team of Lowe and Giant Kite, who have bit parts...
...leader suggests that Cave abuse his official power, he tosses his visitor's hat out the window and his visitor out the door. Johnny's love life is complicated by the fact that his fiancee (Mae Clarke) is the loyal secretary to the town's worst scalawag (Henry Kolker...