Word: skid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Inflation. I bought him a drink, then three more, at Frank's tavern, and he told me how tough things were these days along Skid Row. "It's the inflation," he said, "a guy can't make a living on the bum any more. You gotta have 15 to 20 bucks a week. Used to be you could walk into the Shamrock and lay down 11? and the barkeep would pour you two stiff shots of rye. Now it costs you 20? a single shot at Frank's or Jack's or the House...
Laurence Olivier & wife Vivien Leigh hopped home to England from Manhattan -in fits & starts. First stop: Windham, Conn., where their giant four-motored Constellation, minus a motor dropped on the Connecticut countryside, was skillfully crash-landed in a 3,000-foot belly-skid. Declared Olivier: ". . . None of us was frightened at all." Seven hours later, 41 of the 42 passengers-all but a thoughtful Catholic priest-tried it again in another plane, and made...
Died. Charles Butterworth, 46, stage & screen comedian whose hesitant, apologetic manner helped lift Hollywood comedy out of its custard-pie trough; in an automobile accident near Los Angeles, when his British roadster jumped a curb, struck a lamp post, left 180 feet of skid marks. Originally a newspaperman (said his kindest city editor: "Charlie is worth every bit of his $26 a week"), he got his theatrical start with a Rotary Club lecture in J. P. McEvoy's Americana, later became famed for his deadpan burlesque of the eager, mousy little guy he really...
Feller might be back too late to lift the Indians to the top, but he would do his share to keep the American League pennant race up in the air. His first victory started the Tigers on a weekend skid, which should have dropped them into second place-but Washington conveniently flubbed four straight. The St. Louis Browns, up from sixth to third, closed...
...awake. Fighting from a crouch, Moran sparred awkwardly with the polished champion for a second or two. Then he landed a crushing left that made Montgomery's knees buckle, followed with a right cross that suddenly lifted the champ clear of the floor, sent him into a ridiculous skid on his backside. Nothing but inexperience kept the Mexican from exploiting his Sunday punch with a clincher. After groggy Montgomery picked himself up, Moran danced and jabbed his way to an easy win on points...