Word: vocalize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only becomes a standard sport at fairs throughout the U. S. Hog-callers make a noise whose nearest printable equivalent is "Su-ee Su-ee Su-ee-Pig-ee Pig-ee Pig-ee." If done properly, it proceeds from the diaphragm and, like "squealing up,", does not tax the vocal cords. At the Michigan State Fair in Detroit last week, champion hog-caller was Pete Hellner of Washtenaw County. Champion in husband-calling, rude distaff equivalent of hog-calling, was loud Margaret Droope of Oakland County...
Ethiopia's No. 2 was a demand that the Assembly vote yes or no on whether $50,000,000 shall be loaned to the Ethiopian Government of Haile Selassie. Professor van Zeeland asked for a poll by vocal roll-call. So visibly ashamed were the League delegates not to vote $50,000,000 into the pockets of the Emperor that 23 said "no" in tones barely audible, 25 maintained shamefaced silence, nine were not present, and only the Emperor's doughty General Ras Nassibu shouted out the solitary "YES!" for Justice and $50,000,000. At this result...
...Tithe Bill," as it is called by 300,000 English tithe-payers. Their loudly vocal organization at once announced that they will petition King Edward to refuse his signature-a refusal which would upset the whole British theory that the King must do as Parliament votes and the Cabinet advises...
Featuring the sparkling rhythms of the Hudson-DeLange orchestra with tuneful vocal interpretations by Ruth Gaylor, the Annual Freshman Jubilee will start at 10 o'clock tonight in the Union...
WILL OSBORNE, the orchestra leader, has only a slight connection with Yale. He once sued Rudy Vallee, Yale Alumnus, for a sum running past the $200,000 mark. Rudy, Will averred, had copied his crooning from Will Osborne. At that time Will's voice and vocal manner was so much like Rudy's that the radio public could rarely tell them apart...