Word: takin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...midst of the curbstone babble, a Brooklyn cab driver shrugged: "It's a corrupt city. You gotta expect things like this. Everybody in this city has his hand out. Everybody's takin'. Nobody's givin...
...plantation of a friend, Long suffered what doctors called "slight heart failure," but recovered sufficiently to wolf a hearty dinner of roast beef, chicken and dumplings, corn, black-eyed peas, salad, beer, buttermilk and coffee. ¶ Raging at the wholesale desertion of his followers ("They're takin' a runout powder!"), Long began firing dozens of the unfaithful with the speed of a Cuban revolutionary tribunal. His worries increased when five other candidates, led by New Orleans' able Mayor deLesseps Morrison, announced their willingness to run for Governor against him. Meanwhile, federal Internal Revenue agents were winding...
...really. Our conversation sure is takin' a puhsonal turn...
...time bomb in the bishop's "In" box. Father Udovic finally sends for the letter writer, a laconic little woman who grudgingly reveals that the envelope contains a dollar with her name and address on it in ink. "I mean I don't want somebody else takin' all the credit with the Holy Father!" she explains. Father Udovic recognizes that the woman and he are caught alike in the sin of pride: "It seemed to him, sitting there saying nothing, that they saw each other as two people who'd sinned together on earth might...
...become a Broadway soloist, Ethel Waters should have unusual qualifications for going it alone. She has a genuine personality, whether warmhearted or rowdy; she can perform as dramatic actress or comedienne; and as a singer, she is a notable album of old favorites-Dinah, Am I Blue, Stormy Weather, Takin' a Chance on Love...