Word: suit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said one admiral, after the die was cast: "He still wears a blue suit. You can't wear one of these blue suits ten years, and not believe in the outfit...
Crosby himself harbored no ill feelings. Said he: "I'll be glad to play Loew's Prague any time . . . Where can I get a flak suit...
...Hollywood, Annette Kellerman, who was arrested in Boston 40 years ago for introducing the one-piece bathing suit, was scandalized at the trend she had set in motion. Still trim at 62, she said: "Bathing suits were lovely until last year when they brought out those diapers. They're vulgar and suggestive. Heavens! What will they be wearing...
Suggesting those legendary tales involving both an agonizing decision and the guts to see it through, Montserrat is a kind of moral duel between cynicism at its most brutal and idealism at its most impassioned. Both themes suit the stage, neither quite fills it, and Montserrat has been fattened up by giving the six pawns in the game their grim, gaudy exit scenes as people. As melodrama, Montserrat, though sometimes talky, is oftener tense. As writing, it has much of Adapter Hellman's sharpness and bite: in particular, her villain (well-played by Emlyn Williams) brings a fine sardonic...
...black, beige and bronze bathroom, with its motif of Nubian slaves, he plugged in his Loewy-designed Schick electric razor, used a toothbrush and tube of toothpaste he had modeled for Pepsodent, tore off the wrapper he had designed for Lux soap. Even the expensively tailored grey suit he put on was his own snugly fitting creation. Its special feature: inch-and-a-half cuffs on the sleeves, which could be replaced when frayed (a designer's fray quickly...