Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were plagued with seasickness. But Finisterre's shipshape crew kept every possible inch of sail flying, whipped past far bigger boats laboring under storm rigs. "That blow came through like a buzz saw," said Mitchell later. "The boat was knifing out of the water and porpoising. It was wet below, but we had our hot meals on schedule...
...screen or off. Inside a head that makes him look like a benevolent old bullfrog resides a restless imagination, a "flypaper memory" and a wit that ranges from the merry to the mordant. Wilder, not Benchley, was the man who first said: "Wait till I slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini." He is also the author of this scathing epigram: "I would worship the ground you walk on if you lived in a better neighborhood...
...Wet Blanket. In Miami Beach, after being asked to dive into a swimming pool at the climax of the Waterworks Association's annual convention, Jackie Johnsen, Miss American Waterworks of 1960, declined the honor, explaining: "I'm afraid of the water...
...occasion was the annual stomp-and-holler staged by SHARE (Share Happily and Reap Endlessly), a charity for retarded children run by 63 Hollywood wives. The bash was wet, gaudy and bawdy, although there were a few touches straight out of the Ottawa Hills, Ohio, High School Junior prom-such as pink and blue balloons, some personally blown up by the wives, which further confused the week-end-on-Venus decor of Hollywood's Moulin Rouge. Costume dress was optional, but most of the folks came in their work clothes-Gary Cooper in Stetson and Levi's, Barbara...
...Verwoerd's harsh policy of apartheid. Taking heart from Verwoerd's steady recovery in a Pretoria hospital (last week doctors successfully operated to remove both of the assassin's bullets), the Afrikaners riposted by accusing the English-speakers of divided loyalties. Nationalist M.P. Dr. Carel de Wet shouted: "The real enemy of the white man is the white...