Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing to do. There were tests for various pictures. Nothing came of them. Miss Garson sank into that terrifying limbo, known to many Hollywood newcomers, of the regularly paid, politely Forgotten Woman. Years before, she had injured her spine. It began to hurt her again. She wore one thick and one thin-soled shoe, hobbled like a crone, went outdoors only at night. For months, she says, "My only screen tests were X rays; my best parts, the spine." Doctors advised an "intricate operation...
...much fun to bother about graduating anyway), and went to work in his father's businesses, James Boyd & Brother, and National Fire Protection Co. He decided to think up a few tricks of his own. He concentrated on chemical foams which, when mixed with water, form a thick, snowy blanket of carbon dioxide bubbles, cutting off oxygen and thus smothering fires...
...shrewdly plotted blend of detection and intrigue, and a thick cut above the average mystery yarn in content and writing...
...reminded them that there would be excitement in every part of the world in the next year or two, and they would have the opportunity to be involved in it. Captain Murphy then wished them luck after expressing his envy of their chance to take part actively in the thick of the attack...
...over a kiss, Red getting off lines like "I press men's pants but this is the slack season," appeals chiefly to the primordial. But now & then Skelton's broad and cheerful silliness-notably in one stretch of pantomime, upholstering himself in a false beard-comes so thick & fast that the effect is like being held down and tickled...