Word: winchellian
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...general of Adamic's logic and tendency, Dinner at the White House is sprightly reading in parts. The old ban against quoting the President's most casual remarks without permission is now off in Franklin Roosevelt's case. The result is a kind of super-Winchellian account of White House gossip, undoubtedly the first of many. Sample: at dinner F.D.R. mentioned that ex-King Carol of Rumania wanted to come to the U.S., "but of course we can't let him in." Mrs. Roosevelt: "Franklin...
Through careful observation of more than 10,000 "clones" (detached families) of paramecia, conducted with Winchellian zest and godlike detachment, Dr. Jennings has concluded that paramecia's mating is dependent on sex and that their choice of a mate has important bearing on the character of their descendants. "They behave," he explains, "a lot like humans. This one here, now. He was an exconjugant of first cousins. He's no account. Oh, but say, here's a good healthy one. His sex life is really something...
...Street's Winchellian political terminology, Pierce has been called a New Dealer because of his backing of the 1938 Conway Committee revolt (TIME, Feb. 7, 1938) which purged the Old Guard from Stock Exchange leadership, installed young, earnest Bill McChesney Martin on Sing Sing First Baseman Dick Whitney's throne. But Broker Pierce's merger with an underwriter has little to do with the New Deal, more to do with his notorious optimism. Favorite Pierce dictum: "I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and half-right." But his latest move follows the classic pattern...
Orchids, or some such Winchellian device are certainly due trumpet man Bunny Berigan this week at the Marionette Room of the Hotel Brunswick. The guy was still suffering from an attack of arthritis which had hospitalized him for some time in New York when he played opening night...
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