Word: viperous
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...Thompson. The hint can be disregarded. The drama begins as an acid study of the relations between a jaded, unsavory novelist (George Coulouris) and his wife, part journalist, part demon, played by sinister Gale Sondergaard, whose performances here and in the cinema (The Letter) mark her as the female viper of the dramatic year...
Down the church aisle strides Crusader Britton, dragging the bad girl. She tells all. The good girl realizes what a viper the publisher is. The bad girl marries him anyhow - to give her child a name. The fade-out shows Crusader Britton pushing away a montage of salacious magazines...
...editor but as an independent columnist whose opinions the publisher disavowed, it was as much of a shock to Herald Tribune readers as to Lippmann's friends. Before long, however, the Herald Tribune'?, bosom ceased to quiver from the shock of taking in this potential viper and started to preen itself on owning the prize exhibit in the journalistic zoo. Lippmann's popularity as a daily elucidator of world-events soon grew nationwide, and his column was last week being syndicated in 160 U. S. and Canadian newspapers of assorted political persuasion...
Died. Slipper, 2, vivacious sandy Cairn terrier sent by the Duke of Windsor last month to Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson; of a viper bite; in a veterinary hospital in Tours, France. Mrs. Simpson telephoned the Duke the bad news, canceled the day's engagements. Besides Slipper the Duke took with him when he abdicated Cairn terriers Cora (10), John (8), Jaggers...
Always one for fair play, the Vagabond has been shocked lately by an abuse which rises like a viper in our midst and strikes at the very foundations of Harvard life. The commuter problem now appears trivial compared to this new and horrid situation that the Vagabond has unearthed right under our very noses, nay, in a place that one is wont to associate with all that is highest and finest in the University. We refer, gentlemen, (Stand back, sirl) to Widener Library...