Word: twirling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...relief from British broadcasting, especially on Sundays, pre-war Britishers had simply to twirl their radio dials to Radio Normandie, Luxembourg, Juan-les-Pins or any of the other gay, Continental "outlaw" stations. Outlaws they were because, unlike BBC, they carried advertising. Favorites they were for variety, swing, snap-courtesy of Lux, Pepsodent, Alka-Seltzer, etc. But war put the commercial "outlaws" out of business-precariously situated Luxembourg for reasons of neutrality, Normandie and other French stations for la belle propaganda. This left blacked-out Britishers wholly at the mercy of BBC, which furnished news in the passive mood, gramophone...
...Suttou (Tyrone Power), the pressagent sent to Bergen to fetch her, at first treats her merely as Entry No. 436. He agrees that she has no chance for the part but talks her into flying to Hollywood for the trip, with her Aunt Phoebe (Edna May Oliver). After a twirl on the ice with her pupils, Trudi consents. Although Trudi does no skating in her screen test, she makes the grade. Jimmy believes that, as the new star, she can be used to bolster the publicity value of Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallée), a crooner on the studio...
Sickles will undoubtedly twirl for Cornell against Dartmouth tomorrow, and he will be an odds-on favorite to pitch the Redmen to a victory over the Green. Up at Hanover, however, it might be another story, because for some reason or other, Sickles seems to find the going a little bit tougher when he isn't working in his own back-yard in Ithaca. The best guess is that Dartmouth will oblige by taking the finale to drop Sickles and Co. down into a tie with the Crimson...
...baseball careers this June. The Crimson would feel confident of victory tomorrow were it not for the fact that Tom Healey has been treated rather roughly in his last two starts. The Ithacans shelled him off the mound three weeks ago but on that occasion he was attempting to twirl his second game in as many days. This time he will be fully rested. In addition, Slim Curtiss has turned in several neat performances and is ready to step in if needed; and Charley Brackett has received his baptism under fire. Curtiss won the Penn game last Friday and almost...
...notch weight combination that the Crimson's hopes are pinned. George Downing, who won this event last year, seems sure to win the shot, and Nat Heard should have an excellent chance to break into the point column. In the hammer Ithacan McKeever is favored to out-twirl Bill Shallow, but not by much...