Word: terseness
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"Yo is the cree-ay-ter of the gratest comical stripp in all cree-ay-shun, naimly 'Peerless Fosdick,' who is mah ideel. . . . Lately, other comical stripp cree-ay-ters bin cree-ay-tin even more horibul cree-ay-shuns than yo Like ladys wif gravel in thar...
¶ Attend to sundry pressing business mat ters. Among them: the sale to M-G-M of the movie rights to Cass Timberlane, which, together with The Book-of-the-Month Club donative and the magazine serial rights, would certainly boost the total take for his new novel well up...
Johnson. Fearful that steady migration to cities might doom the rural church, they decided that ministers could make country life more interesting if they knew more about its practical phases. Said Dean Trimble: "Since the church is the only institution in some [rural] communities, we should have men who would...
The book had scarcely appeared before Harry Hopkins denounced the letter as a forgery. On second thought he set the FBI asleuthing. Republican Senator Wil liam Langer of North Dakota thought the Senate ought to investigate, too. He said he wanted to find out if Hopkins was "now dabbling in...
He was also a $5,600-a-year assistant to Secretary Harold L. Ickes. He earned his pay mainly by giving a polish to Ickes' literary style - touching up the boss's let ters and speeches. Briggs told the press: "I don't know who is back...