Word: took
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More sophisticated Mexicans took the comet in stride. At Tacubaya Observatory, Astronomer Guillermo Haro patiently explained over & over that there was nothing to fear, that the comet would soon disappear. Some tradesmen saw a chance to make money. A haberdasher advertised: "Comet Sale-Everything Goes Fast!" Gloria Duval, chic hairdresser at the Hotel Reforma, introduced a Comet Hairdo, an upswept...
...Battered Chevie. Only 300 miles from Caracas, Oscar's red Ford plunged down an embankment. When Juan came along, he stopped to help his brother get back on the road. It took so long that it cost him his chance of winning the race; besides, his own car was limping and had to be towed, thus violating one of the rules. One day last week, with 100,000 citizens of Caracas anxiously waiting at the finish line of the Gran Premio, a battered, fenderless Chevie coupe rolled down the Avenida San Martin. Out stepped Domingo Marim...
...Footlights. As the theater's first personality, Tallulah currently commands its stiffest terms: 15% of the gross receipts, plus 25% of the net profits. During the 53-week cross-country tour that preceded the New York opening, the current revival of Private Lives took in about $1,000,000. Tallulah's average estimated weekly income, not including an occasional $2,500 to $3,000 for a radio stint...
...prompted by friends when callers arrive. She also enjoys the bug-eyed shock on the faces of strangers when she pretends to be a dope fiend. (She sprays her temperamental throat with a doctor's prescription that includes cocaine.) Once, for the benefit of a visiting innocent, she took a Benzedrine pill (a drug she uses regularly), mashed it on wax paper with a rolling pin and asked for a nail file. Then, sprinkling the powder on the file and sniffing it, she said: "This is really the only way it's effective, dahling...
Tallulah's gay parties at her house off Berkeley Square became notorious. She allegedly got Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson tipsy and took pictures. But she generally behaved like a duchess at society functions. An exception was one big masked ball, given for charity at Devonshire House, and attended by every socialite from the Duke of Kent down; some time during the evening Tallulah was seen turning perfect cartwheels around the room...