Word: washtub
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cover) In the gilt and white splendor of Carnegie Hall, the little ceremony seemed as homey as a washtub fiddle. "Old Buck eyes are as proud as can be of this fine, fine orchestra from Cleveland." announced the man from the Ohio Society of New York. "My gosh." answered the man from the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, "we're proud too." The Manhattan audience that had assembled for the first of the Cleveland Orchestra's current series of three New York concerts greeted this dialogue with faint, perfunctory applause. It was in no mood to encourage chatter: there...
...silly wriggling pollywog in a milk bottle; an elephant seal, a 20-ft. blob of blubber, lies snoring into its floppy, built-in nosebag, looking from the neck up like none other than W. C. Fields; a 500-lb. Galápagos tortoise, that roughly resembles an old grey washtub upside down, changes abruptly, as a bright red bird lights on its back, to something curiously like a vast but remarkably chic Paris...
Racked by uncertainty and homesickness, Kinda decided to go back to his washtub beside the beige waters of the Congo River. Kanza refused him permission and threatened all sorts of fearsome punishments unless Kinda resumed his job as the delegation's private laundryman. With the help of a kindly New York policeman, Kinda fled to Idlewild airport, got aboard a plane for Paris...
...undignified treatment" by Lumumba supporters. He assured everyone who would listen that he was not a politician and that politics "are too complicated for me." Then he got drunk. At week's end, after his 15-day venture into the disturbing world beyond the rim of his washtub, ex-Diplomat Kinda was sleeping it off in the Brazzaville jail...
...first glance, Finisterre should sail like a washtub. Traditionally, the rulers of the sea have been rakish racing machines of 60 ft. or more with deep, stabilizing keels. But the 38-ft. 8-in. Finisterre, plump as a pigeon, is built for the good life. With only a vestigial keel, she relies on a retractable centerboard to keep her steady in the water. Below decks she is as roomy as any family cruiser, is loaded down with such superfluous gear as an ice-making machine, a hi-fi set and a second head. Even so, the heavy Finisterre drives well...