Word: takin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what they musta figured when the dirt started fallin' in on 'em. . . . Did they want to be standin' there when the lead poured in? They wanted to be home readin' a book or teachin' their kid c-a-t spells cat or takin' a woman out into the country in an open car with the wind blowin...
...received as compensation for the deaths of three sons who worked in the Gauley Bridge tunnel, claimed : "Shirl's lungs was all gone when they took them out." Later she complained: "We get two dollars a week relief, and I earn one dollar a week takin' in washin'. That helps buy feed...
...given the 1934 Bok award for civic service is that he manages to persuade moneyed sportsmen to go specimen-hunting for the Academy at their own expense. One of his ace sportsmen is Brooke Dolan II, who in the remote mountains of western China shot four specimens of takin, a rare antelope with thick, curling horns, yellow-gold forehead, yellow mane, black muzzle. Last week the Academy had the four on exhibition, only habitat group of takin in the world...
...goes to work at the "Sensation House" in New Orleans where Ace Lamont (John Miljan) seizes her in his arms. Miljan: "Your red lips, your white skin, your soft cheeks, your blue eyes, your. . . ." West: ''Say, is this a proposal, or are you takin' inventory...