Word: thuds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frank & Nancy Sinatra dropped off Hollywood's Ideal Couple List with a thud. After a hot argument, Frankie walked out with a first-degree burn on. Clucked Sinatra's pressagent: "It was a case of Hollywood career plus a family tiff. I hope they will make up. . . ." But that night, Frankie went to Sonja Henie's party, danced with Lana Turner. Burbled Lolly Parsons: "[Lana has] known Frank for a long time, but. . . says: 'I am not in love with Frank and he is not in love with me. I have never in my life broken...
...next and last 59 pages of Past All Dishonor describe Roger's and Morina's activities as murderers and train robbers. Little is heard save the crack of Roger's .36, the thud of dropping corpses, and Morina's trills of sadistic ecstasy. It all winds up with Morina lying dead in the snow, covered with stolen jewels, and a posse closing in on lonesome Roger. Far away in the background, the Civil War pursues its peaceful course, untroubled by the agonies of love...
...want to take you on a little tour. . . ." At this point he was drowned out by the rush and thud of a sudden tropical rainstorm. Java's torrid heat made closing the doors unthinkable. Then nearby British artillery opened fire, presumably against Indonesian guerrillas. Sir Archibald, seasoned diplomat though he was, gave up, with a shrug of his shoulders. "I can't compete with this," said he. General Mansergh, not realizing that the thunderous obbligato was being played by his own guns, bellowed: "The Ambassador can't compete with the Almighty-rain and thunder...
...Seven thousand packinghouse workers-breadwinners for 35,000-are on strike. Chimneys that usually belch clouds of smoke emit only a weak little puff now & then. The resounding thud of a sledge on an animal's forehead is missing. No blood runs on killing floors. The lonesome watchmen make their rounds in silence. To leeward there is no smell...
...That thud you just heard was John Harvard toppling out of his chair," declared Sidney R. Packard, visiting lecturer in History, as Clio, the smiling muse of his calling, gave the old boy a nudge to make way for two more of her sinister...