Word: torridity
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...second part of the long list of artists was made up of more big apple dancing by the torrid platinum blondes, and talks by Joe Cashman of the Boston American who spoke about the future of the Red Sox and the Bees, contrasted by Frank "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Buck who did not charm the audience by relating his adventures with snakes and other wild beasts in the jungles he has conquered...
...Ranchipur. mythical capital of a small Indian principality of the same name, a mixed congregation of people are waiting with tense impatience for the June rains to break the heat of a particularly torrid spring. There are the kindly old Maharajah and his sharp old spouse...
...Coates or any other Alabaman thought he could shame torrid Tom Heflin he did not know old Tom. Not only did Tom Heflin contest the election; he fought it all the way back to the U. S. Senate; he buttonholed his ex-colleagues until they granted him extraordinary permission to state his case on the floor of the Senate, which he did for 5½ purple hours- in vain. In 1934 he swallowed his pride, ran for Congressman from the Fifth Alabama District, the comparatively lowly job he had held for eight and a half terms (1904-21) before...
...know, Slick as in slimy." Slick prosay that his real name is Wilmore. A shriek of laughter came from the five saxophonists. Unperturbed, Slick said that cold chills came over him when he heard Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Asked if he didn't lose weight after his torrid drum solos several times a day, Slick said no, he seemed to gain instead...
...Panama City train with his wife and five children in tow. But everyone turned in terror as with a sudden ccr-a-a-c-k a fierce-eyed fellow lashed out at him with a horsewhip. Soon the two were grappling for a revolver, rending the air with torrid Spanish curses. Police intervened and hustled both men off to jail...