Word: slinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jewels and scandals and gone off in search of simpler dwelling-places on the coasts, of Maine. Not only did conscience-stricken Ogden Mills sell his Newport place last year in preparation for running for the Presidency of this democratized country in 1936, but even the John Jacob Astors slink into the main dining-room of the Providence Biltmore to break broad and have their domestic tiffs with the appreciative proletariat...
...because it would be difficult to find any other grounds for considering Mae West a good influence on the U. S. cinema public. The narratives and conversation in her pictures, which she writes herself, are only less suggestive than her extraordinary gait-a combination of slink, strut and waggle. Uttered in her slurring, husky voice, Mae West's slogan-"Come up and see me some time" -sounds like the composite catchphrase of all improper stories. Because Actress West's manner of dealing with her material is light-hearted rather than lubricious, Vm No Angel, like She Done...
...Prince Mike of the post-war decade will take his place with the truly great imposters of history. But the shadow that Arcades as Prince Mike in the headlines of today's newspapers will in ages yet to come have to slink in the company of Judas lscariot. Joseph's eleven brothers. Delilah and other wretches who have sold their kin for a handful of silver. Cornell Daily...
...MOST armchair explorers are like the reviewer, they will imagine that the danger of the jungle lies in the ferocious beasts that slink about among the undergrowth. Such, as anyone who reads "Green Hell" will find out, is not the case. Insects clouds of them are the real bete noire of the adventurer, and the smaller they are the worse they...
...transition from chivalry and castles to realism and red lights is not too severe for the Vagabond's gentle tastes, he will follow Professor Murdock across the yard, keeping out of sight as a well-bred Vagabond should, and slink into Sever 11 to listen to Professor Murdock on Mark Twain...