Word: slappings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...French, who had not been consulted in advance, the British move seemed a unilateral slap at "European unity." Since the French had already devalued several times, they now cut the franc loose to find its own dollar value on a free market, expected it to steady at about 350 to the dollar; but they would peg the franc again if it went beyond that...
...Forest, who sometimes wonders why he ever invented radio's audion tube, made a birthday wish: that the FCC enforce its ban on "those mediocre giveaway programs" and, while going about it, slap one on soap operas...
...chief rival, Defense Minister Lieut. Colonel Jacobo Arbenz, a warm supporter of Arevalo and spiritual socialism, viewed Arana's progress with increasing concern. Last fortnight, Arana gave the Defense Minister a direct slap by firing one of Arbenz' friends as chief of the air force and replacing him with his own man. This followed the victory of seven Arana-backed candidates over Arbenz' men in elections for members of the Supreme Defense Council...
...tell all. $50 per Girl. She minced no words. Ever since she had moved into the upper brackets of her profession, she said, she had been paying $50 a week to her old friend Sergeant Jackson for every girl in her employ. And, she added with a vengeful slap at her persecutor, she had also paid off wiretapping Sergeant Stoker to the tune of $100 a week. Although they denied it, Sergeants Stoker and Jackson, along with six other cops, were shifted to the sticks. But that didn't stop the hue & cry. Last week Police Chief Horrall, whom...
...audience recoiled under a shower of dried beans and pin feathers; then a covey of dead quail and a stuffed cow flopped down onto the stage. There were shotgun blasts, scampering midgets, severed arms, proscenium-climbing cupids and baboons in full cry. Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, the rowdiest, slap-happiest zanies in show business, had moved into Milton Berle's time spot (Tues. 8 p.m. E.D.T., NBC TV) with their first television show...