Word: tubbed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fatal Firing. With a handful of mediocre ballplayers, one or two stalwarts and ex-Boy Wonder Bucky Harris as manager, he tub-thumped his team until he got the nickname "Rah Rah" Cox. For no apparent reason, the Phillies won some games ; until the end of May they were in the first division and the gate boomed...
...lush décors ("The bathroom was a miracle of coral, blue, and jade green, with a tub of flush-pink marble. There was also an open fireplace and a small concealed refrigerator for keeping cold her lotions and the Guinness's Stout. . . . Mirrored closets, glass-enclosed shower, a couple of low overstuffed slipper chairs in coral satin, two washbasins, and a telephone. . . . Her husband's eyes searched the magnificence. 'Where...
...straight all right--straight from the tub...
...Germans did. British Private Richard Welsh of Yorkshire gave the most telling account: "A lot of us suffered from dysentery and stomach trouble owing to the poor food. Ersatz coffee tasted like burnt wood. We were given mint tea which was generally used for shaving. . . . We were given 'tub fat' which was like axle grease, to put on our bread." Private Alexander Mitchell of Dunfermline said: "Our average daily menu was a half-pint of herb tea, a quart of soup (turnips and hot water), twelve ounces of black bread and once in a while a small piece...
...Survival. In Kimball, S.D., Clarence Bely was kicked out of a barn by a horse, presently tried to show friends how it happened, was promptly kicked by the horse again. In Clearfield, Utah, a farmer who tried to heat his bath water by building a fire under the tub was presently watching his house and barns burn to the ground. In Manhattan, the emergency ward of a local hospital treated the facial lacerations of a nearsighted youth who had caught one of his pet boa constrictors trying to escape. The boy had peered into the snake's eyes...