Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three hours later they came away feeling as if they had been through a small Alabama "nawther." It had been a tough struggle even to get their questions asked. With scarcely a break in her marathon monologue, Tallulah had danced the Charleston for them, played piano, told jokes, done imitations and a few ballet turns, tossed off some mint juleps, fed them shrimp and mushrooms and showed them the house. She had discussed her artesian well ("We had to dig 260 feet, and we finally hit 25 gallons a minute"), her health ("I have the arteries of a girl...
Eventually there might be some jettisoning of Cabinet members not in full sympathy with the "Second New Deal." But nobody knew better than Harry Truman that for the four-year term he had earned for himself he would need tough and able men high in public confidence. A vengeful victor might have kicked out Jim Forrestal, who had not raised a finger in the campaign. But the man Truman had appointed as the nation's first Defense Secretary was deep in a complex military budget and other defense matters that must soon go to Congress. Last week, Washington heard...
...Canadian troops abroad. Ever since, McCullagh has been plugging the Progressive Conservative line on his editorial page, has become a power in Tory circles. Ownership of the staunchly Tory Telegram makes him still more important in the party. Said one worried Tory: "It's going to be awfully tough on anyone who breaks with George McCullagh...
...Hollywood tunesmiths were singing the blues. "Every producer wants a song just like some other song. They want another Stardust. We write it for 'em. But it's tough. We have to please the publishers, the song pluggers, the singers, the disc jockeys and the public. But before we even get that far, we have to keep the musical director, the producer, the star and the director happy. If Betty Button's hairdresser doesn't like your stuff, brother, you're dead...
When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th Century-Fox) is a watered-down version of the durable stage hit Burlesque.* The old plot is still there, but the characters have been tidied up. The play treated burlesque as a pretty tough part of show business. In the movie, it is just more of the same old backstage life where actors occasionally misplace a pronoun...