Word: vein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...temperament (choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic or melancholic), the chart carries the zodiac year on the outer ring, the calendar on the inner ring, to be lined up with the center as a sort of ovaloid slide rule. Behind the Zodiac Man stands a near mirror image of a "Vein Man," another medical illustration, which usually indicates by dots the places appropriate for bleeding...
Then, miraculously, the finale emerged as if it belonged to a different piece. The orchestra played in true chamber fashion, always together, with ease and spirit. The loose ends were gathered in, and the tone regained its customary clarity. The coda, in Haydn's most humorous vein, added just the right amount of playfulness to a sparkling performance. Even after the disappointments of the first movements, this was worth waiting...
...case of a comedy called The Big Heist, even such broad shoulders as Bert Lahr's cannot carry it as far as the corner saloon. Written with an eye on Damon Runyon and a finger in a dictionary of U.S. criminal argot, the play explored a quaint old vein of humor among thieves: Lahr, as a low man on the totem pole of crime, joined another aging juvenile delinquent (Fred Gwynne) to rob an armored car of $1,000,000 just to impress a lady (Mildred Natwick). Playing a sometime short-order cook whose sauces could give a hamburger...
...snake: a vein on the forehead that to Third Avenue veterans is a telltale sign of heavy drinking ("the snake is out"); a condition similar to "the elevens are up" (see above), but less serious...
...serious business of the evening resumed as a little man puffing a used cigar came stamping up the aisle. We recognized him as the Mayor, who announced himself as "the big bad wolf of the Cambridge School Committee." He went on in this vein, advised citizens to "give Eddy your first place vote," and to vote yes on both referendums being considered...