Word: wee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reproduction was excellent, striking and only faintly phony. The Dodgers and Boston Braves all came out as spectacularly beauteous critters, except for [Dodger Catcher] Roy Campanella, who had neglected to shave. The athletes looked only a wee bit too athletic, being endowed with magnificently bronzed complexions glowing with not quite believable health." Noting Sportcaster Red Barber's comment on First Baseman Hodges' rippling muscles, Critic Smith added: "You could see 'em, too, although they were encased in a pelt of somewhat lovelier tone-about the shade of roast beef medium-than Gil wears in real life...
...Bide a Wee. In Savannah, after a funeral-home attendant fled in terror from a snoring corpse, police discovered William Fleming asleep with three bottles of beer beside him, got his story: "I was just trying to find a peaceful place...
...Common Wee...
...common wee of the dilettante History and lit concentrator is a sense of frustration about not absorbing what is available. Strong good intentions with a hope of fulfillment are unofficial pre-requisites for History and Lit. Mental anguish is the alternative...
Wild Bill Davison holds the fort at Eddie Condon's 3rd Street hideaway, with Edmond Hall and Gene Schroeder in the band and Ralph Sutton working the intermissions. Buck Clayton, Joe Bushkis, and Art Tatum are at New York's new jazz spot. The Embers, 161 East 54th. Pea Wee Erwin is at Nick's, at 10th and Seventh, and Conrad Janis is at, Ryan's the last holdout of the once famous 52nd Street...