Word: spoil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cigarettes and chitchat, it was agreed at a White House staff conference, can spoil the efficiency of any office. Out went the word to the 49 typists, stenographers, receptionists, filing clerks, etc. under the over-all eye of Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams: no smoke & gossip sessions when on the job in the White House...
They may be right, but there is a profound truth in some of the first words Desiree addresses to her diary. "It's a shame," she laments, "to spoil these beautiful white pages with writing...
...Spoil Sport. In Allentown, N.J., John Getz Sr. went out for a day of hunting, red a single blast into a covey of quail, bagged the daily limit of seven...
...tough one for Yale to lose," he continued. "Not only did it spoil a perfect season for Jack Marshall (the Yale coach), but deprived all the players from getting major Y's." Like Harvard, Yale awards major letters to an undefeated team in a minor sport...
...charging, his use of the horns. He deserves no sympathy if he gets caught, since he is practically forbidden to put himself in any danger. If he works close to the bull and looks good, he detracts from the maestro's performance. If he gets caught, he may spoil the bullfight: the bull often becomes too dangerous after he has tossed a man once...