Word: stinkingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. John Stink (Ho-tah-moie), circa 75, famed Osage Indian recluse; in Pawhuska, Okla. One of the many legends about him: Down with smallpox about 50 years ago, he went into a coma, was thought dead, put out for the vultures. When he revived, his tribesmen treated him as a ghost, ostracized...
...stink remains in Reader Larsen's story of Franklin Delano-and most of it clings to TIME's smart college boys for publicizing it [TIME, Sept. 5]. Your good American readers respect our highest National office, whether or not they agree with its current incumbent. It was amateurish and cheap to offend the President, his office, and your readers of good taste and the essential proprieties...
...Stink...
...Nowadays it's 'Roosevelt. I'm surprised no one has made a collection of them. Here's a good one I heard the other day: A man appeared in court to have his name legally changed. Said the judge: "What is your name?" "Franklin Delano Stink," said the man. "Well, well," said the judge, "I should think you would want to change it. What do you want to change it to?" "Joe Stink...
This is Mallinckrodt's big chance to redeem itself in Harvard eyes--not by raising its usual stink, but by helping the coming Fourth of July to go over with a bang. Let Mallinckrodt's explosives budget be increased greatly. Some of the $2.34 left over from the Nieman Fund might perhaps be sacrificed for this purpose. Or the Laboratory might lay off a man in the Department of Nauseating Odors, thereby saving over $1.39 in adjustable clothespins. With all this money at their disposal, Mallinckrodt should be able to get off a real killer of a firecracker...