Word: sulking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bodkin-tongued wife, Cineminx Lauren (How to Marry a Millionaire) Bacall, 30, asked them in bewildered tones how they had survived a decade of cinematrimony. Chorused the Bogarts blissfully: "We are oldfashioned. We believe in double beds." Explained Bogey in laconic tones: "It's pretty hard to sulk over something if you share the same bed." Philosopher Bogart, no great profile, gave Hollywood's fast-mating sirens the back of his hand: "Most of these babes out here don't deserve to be married for five minutes. When they get married they don't really mean...
...decided it would repaint the cages. The work went smoothly until the painters began work on Harry's cage. A nonconformist, Harry never liked crowds, and he didn't like the painters, the paint, or the whole operation. It upset his delicate psyche bringing on a three ton sulk and positive loss of appetite. Zoo officials, frantic at the prospect of Harry's demise, called off the painters and the St. Louis Post Dispatch was full of Harry's glory for days...
...made all the big decisions, and he passed on to Naguib all the state papers, with notations on what to do. Naguib wanted a finer home, in keeping with his title; he insisted, when Egypt became a republic, on becoming Premier as well as President. He learned how to sulk and how to suffer diplomatic illnesses...
...that smothered the Eli faus instead of the Crimson--the din when Hardy crashed into Molloy and Harvard went ahead 21-14--the sickening final minutes when Yale tied the ball game--the weird feeling Vag had driving to New York, not knowing whether to sing or Sulk...
...absolute morality as the basic standard of politics with the humblest recent U.S. denial that it believes in its own omniscience. "We are ready to learn from others. Also we recognize that our views may not always prevail. When that happens, we shall regret it, but we shall not sulk. We shall try to accept the result philosophically. We know that we have no monopoly of wisdom and virtue. Also we know that sometimes time alone proves the final verdict...