Word: spoil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cinemactress Jayne Mansfield, in Manhattan to star in Broadway's spoof of fame in Hollywood, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, confided that her heart really goes out to the lower animals. Sighed she wistfully: "All I have now is a great Dane, a Chihuahua, three cats named Sabina. Romulus and Ophelia, and a rabbit known as Bublitchki. I had a pink poodle, Bon Bon, which just died after we had it dyed pink to match my pink Jaguar ... I also had some mice, but somebody let them out in Atlantic City...
Some residents present, however, led by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, professor of History, questioned whether or not such a development would prove inexpensive enough to attract young faculty members. Others present also objected that the proposed construction would spoil the appearance of the neighborhood...
...often happens, when the boys in Hollywood get hold of a picture with a message they work so hard on the sermon that they spoil the picture. The Blackboard Jungle could have been a fine movie, but as it stands now it is an uneven one. It has tried just a little too hard both to shock and to preach...
...going to be a killjoy and spoil your reading, Subscriber Randall. You just go right ahead with what you were doing. And if you come across any clues as to what happened to that "lasting peace" we were working on during '44, please let me hear from you at once...
...have worked on the problem, samples have been sent to Pakistan, endless embassy discussions have been held. Pakistan is willing to pay 42? a delivered pound, a loss to the U.S. of about 28? a pound. Although the U.S.-owned butter is now in cold storage, it may eventually spoil, and the Government will lose the 64? it paid for the average pound. There is no problem in storing ghee. In fact, some tasty Indian ghee has been kept 100 years...